Discovery BoxMatthew 25:10-12 
Context25:10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then 1 the door was shut. 25:11 Later, 2 the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ 3 25:12 But he replied, 4 ‘I tell you the truth, 5 I do not know you!’
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “Open to us.”
4 tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
5 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
