Matthew 25:2–4
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2Now five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3For when* the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them. 4But the wise ones took olive oil in flasks with their lamps.
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- *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“took”) which is understood as temporal
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Five of them were foolish and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they didn’t take oil with them; but the wise ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps, but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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