“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.”
King James Version (KJV)
25:8 Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out - Our faith is dead. What a time to discover this! Whether it mean the time of death, or of judgment. Unto which of the saints wilt thou then turn? Who can help thee at such a season?
25:9 But the wise answered, Lest there be not enough for us and you! - Beginning the sentence with a beautiful abruptness; such as showed their surprise at the state of those poor wretches, who had so long received them, as well as their own souls. Lest there be not enough - It is sure there is not; for no man has more than holiness enough for himself. Go ye rather to them that sell - Without money and without price: that is, to God, to Christ. And buy - If ye can. O no! The time is past and returns no more!
Mt 25:10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came. They were now seeking to obtain the oil in the only legitimate way, and all would have been well if they had attended to it at the proper time, but it was now too late. There is no encouragement to death-bed repentance. The door was shut. The door of the marriage feast chamber. The door of the kingdom stands open now, in life, to every mortal, but it will not always be so. The day of opportunity for everything passes.
And while they went to buy, the bridegrome came, and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the doore was shut.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.
- Basic English Bible
But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the [ones that were] ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
- Darby Bible
And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
- Webster's Bible
So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.
- Weymouth Bible
While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
- World English Bible
And while thei wenten for to bie, the spouse cam; and tho that weren redi, entreden with him to the weddyngis; and the yate was schit.
- Wycliffe Bible
`And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;
- Youngs Literal Bible