Matthew 25:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ For when the foolish ones took their lamps, they took no oil with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them;

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

Common English Bible

³ The foolish ones took their lamps but didn’t bring oil for them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For the five foolish, having brought their lamps, did not take oil with them.

Matthew 25:3 Cross References

Proverbs 31:18

She discerns that her business is good. Her lamp never goes out at night.

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek Me day to day and delight to know My ways, as if they were a nation that did right, and had not forsaken their God’s decree. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

Ezekiel 33:3

If, when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the shofar and warns the people,

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Matthew 25:4

But the wise ones took oil in jars along with their lamps.

2 Timothy 3:5

holding to an outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; and see to it that no bitter root springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.

Revelation 3:1

To the angel of Messiah’s community in Sardis write: “Thus says the One having the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your deeds—you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.