Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
KJV
αἱ δὲ μωραὶ ταῖς φρονίμοις εἶπαν· δότε ἡμῖν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλαίου ὑμῶν, ὅτι αἱ λαμπάδες ἡμῶν σβέννυνται.
Greek NT
Fatuæ autem sapientibus dixerunt : Date nobis de oleo vestro, quia lampades nostræ extinguuntur.
Vulgate
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
ASV
And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμπάς
lampas
noun · 9×
μωρός
moros
adjective · 12×
σβέννυμι
sbennumi
verb · 6×
φρόνιμος
phronimos
adjective · 14×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔλαιον
elaion
noun · 11×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§796The unity of Christ and the Church, head and members of one Body, also implies the distinction of the two within a personal relationship. This aspect is often expressed by the image of bridegroom and bride. the theme of Christ as Bridegroom of the Church was prepared for by the prophets and announced by John the Baptist.234 The Lord referred to himself as the "bridegroom."235 T…
1. At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, E…
Cross-references
- Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
- Job 12:5 — He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Luke 12:35 — Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- Matt 13:20 — But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Rev 3:9 — Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.