Matthew 25:5

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3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,

4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, ^athey all slumbered and slept.

6 “And at midnight ^aa cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom¹ is coming; go out to meet him!’

7 Then all those virgins arose and ^atrimmed their lamps.

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

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No entry exists in Barnes' Notes for Matthew 25:5.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 25:5:

Proverbs 21:20
Matthew 9:14-17
Luke 12:35-36

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