Matthew 25:3
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Matthew 25:3 in other translations
| BSB | The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. |
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| WEB | Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, |
| ASV | For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: |
| YLT | they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil; |
| DARBY | They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them; |
| BBE | For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them. |
| Webster | They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: |
What does Matthew 25:3 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 25:1-13
The circumstances of the parable of the ten virgins were taken from the marriage customs among the Jews, and explain the great day of Christ's coming. See the nature of Christianity. As Christians we profess to attend upon Christ, to honour him, also to be waiting for his coming. Sincere Christians are the wise virgins, and hypocrites the foolish ones. Those are the truly wise or foolish that are so in the affairs…
Matthew 25:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 25:3
- 2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
- Revelation 3:15-16
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
- Isaiah 48:1-2
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.
- Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
- Revelation 3:1
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
- Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Matthew 23:25-26
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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Context
- Matthew 25:2
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
- Matthew 25:3
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
- Matthew 25:4
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Matthew 25:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las que eran fatuas, tomando sus lámparas, no tomaron consigo aceite; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celles qui étaient folles, en prenant leurs lampes, ne prirent pas d’huile avec elles; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die, welche töricht waren, nahmen ihre Lampen und nahmen kein Öl mit sich; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed quinque fatuæ, acceptis lampadibus, non sumpserunt oleum secum: |