The Parable of the Ten Virgins

25 “Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps and[a] went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were foolish and five were wise. For when[b] the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 25:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“took”) which is understood as temporal