Matthew 25:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

Common English Bible

⁸ But the foolish bridesmaids said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps have gone out.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But the foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give to us from your oil, for our lamps are being extinguished.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.

Matthew 25:8 Cross References

Job 18:5

“Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.

Job 21:17

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?

Psalm 49:7

Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life,

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 20:20

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:7

Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

But the wise replied, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 12:35

“Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning,

Luke 16:24

And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.’

Luke 8:18

Take heed then how you hear; for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

Acts 8:24

And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.

Revelation 3:9

Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you.