The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Matthew 25:3

In 9 translations

BSB: The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
KJV: They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
WEB: Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
ASV: For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:
LSV: they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;
YLT: they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;
DBY: They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
DRC: But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them:
GNV: The foolish tooke their lampes, but tooke none oyle with them.

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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.

Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αἱ (“Those [who]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Αἵτινες (“[those] who”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read αὐτῶν (“of them”); Textus Receptus read ἑαυτῶν (“their own”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include γὰρ (“for”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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SBLGNT: αἱ γὰρ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αἱ γὰρ; Robinson–Pierpont read Αἵτινες.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: αἱ γὰρ μωραὶ λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔλαβον μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν ἔλαιον·
RP2018: Αἵτινες μωραί, λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας αὐτῶν, οὐκ ἔλαβον μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν ἔλαιον·
TR-Boyd: Αἵτινες μωραί, λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας ἑαυτῶν, οὐκ ἔλαβον μεθ᾿ ἑαυτῶν ἔλαιον·
SCR1894: αιτινες μωραι λαβουσαι τας λαμπαδας εαυτων ουκ ελαβον μεθ εαυτων ελαιον

Who and where

◆ Holy Week◆ Olivet Discourse

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Oil Marriage Bride Bridegroom Opportunity Unfaithfulness Procrastination Millennium, Premillennial View Virgin Olive Tree

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Cross-references most cited first

2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
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Isaiah 48:1–2“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or…
Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
Revelation 3:1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Matthew 23:25–26Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that…
Ezekiel 33:3and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).