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The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Matthew 25:10

In 9 translations

BSB
But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
KJV
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.
WEB
While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
ASV
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.
LSV
And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the wedding feasts, and the door was shut;
YLT
'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;
DBY
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.
DRC
Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
GNV
And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀγοράσαι ἦλθεν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ αἱ ἕτοιμοι εἰσῆλθον μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ ἐκλείσθη ἡ θύρα.
RP2018
Ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀγοράσαι, ἦλθεν ὁ νυμφίος· καὶ αἱ ἕτοιμοι εἰσῆλθον μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ ἐκλείσθη ἡ θύρα.
TR-Boyd
Ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀγοράσαι, ἦλθεν ὁ νυμφίος· καὶ αἱ ἕτοιμοι εἰσῆλθον μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ ἐκλείσθη ἡ θύρα.
SCR1894
απερχομενων δε αυτων αγορασαι ηλθεν ο νυμφιος και αι ετοιμοι εισηλθον μετ αυτου εις τους γαμους και εκλεισθη η θυρα

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
  • 1 Peter 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • Luke 12:36–37Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on…
  • Matthew 24:44For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
  • Genesis 7:16And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
  • 2 Timothy 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
  • Matthew 25:6At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
  • Revelation 22:20He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
  • Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
  • Amos 8:12–13People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.
  • Hebrews 3:18–19And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
  • Revelation 22:11–12Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.” “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is…
  • Numbers 14:28–34So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or…
  • Revelation 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
  • Matthew 25:20–23The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’ His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful…
  • Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

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