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Matthew 25:8
"The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.'"
— Matthew 25:8
Context
Jesus showing the problem of inadequate preparation
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Book
Matthew
Chapter & Verses
Ch. 25, v.8
Related Sayings
Matthew 13:3-4
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up."
Matthew 13:23
"The seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."
Matthew 13:31-32
"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree."
Parallel Passages
Same theme (Success and Failure) in other Gospels
Mark 8:38
"If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."
Mark 9:42
"If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea."