Matthew 25:8

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

And {G1161} the foolish {G3474} said {G2036} unto the wise {G5429}, Give {G1325} us {G2254} of {G1537} your {G5216} oil {G1637}; for {G3754} our {G2257} lamps {G2985} are gone out {G4570}.

The foolish ones said to the sensible ones, `Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 12:35 (5 votes)

    Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning;

  • Proverbs 13:9 (5 votes)

    ¶ The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Hebrews 4:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Revelation 3:9 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Luke 16:24 (2 votes)

    And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

  • Job 21:17 (2 votes)

    ¶ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.

  • Job 8:13 (2 votes)

    So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: