Matthew 25:3

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

American King James Version (AKJV)

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

American Standard Version (ASV)

For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

Basic English Translation (BBE)

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

Webster's Revision

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

World English Bible

Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,

English Revised Version (ERV)

For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

Wesley's Matthew 25:3 Bible Commentary

25:3 The foolish took no oil with them — No more than kept them burning just for the present. None to supply their future want, to recruit their lamp's decay. The lamp is faith. A lamp and oil with it, is faith working by love.