⭐WEB · Matthew 25:5
What does Matthew 25:5 mean?
"Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept."
— Matthew 25:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
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