But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Now while the bridegroom tarried long, all [a]slumbered and slept.

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh: go out to meet him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:5 Their eyes being heavy with sleep.

The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.(A)

“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

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