Matthew 25:9 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:9

‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

KJV

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

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Commentary

6 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

For these wise virgins do not answer thus out of covetousness, but out of fear. Wherefore, each man shall receive the recompense of his own works, and the virtues of one cannot atone for the vices of another in the day of judgment. The wise admonish them not to go to meet the bridegroom without oil, Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Lest there be not enough - It is sure there is not; for no man has more than holiness enough for himself. Go ye rather to them that sell - Without money and without price: that is, to God, to Christ.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Getting grace is a work of time, and cannot be done in a hurry. While the poor awakened soul addresses itself, upon a sick bed, to repentance and prayer, in awful confusion, it scarcely knows which end to begin at, or what to do first; and presently death comes, judgment comes, and the work is undone, and the poor sinner undone for ever.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lest there be not enough for us and you - These had all been companions in the Christian course, and there was a time when they might have been helpful to each other; but that time is now past for ever - none has a particle of grace to spare, not even to help the soul of the dearest relative! The grace which every man receives is just enough to save his own soul; he has no merits to bequeath to the Church; no work of supererogation which can be placed to the account of another.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπεκρίθησαν	apekrithēsan	Answered	G611 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
φρόνιμοι	phronimoi	wise	G5429 →
λέγουσαι·	legousai	saying;	G3004 →
μήποτε	mēpote	otherwise	G3361 →G4218 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not even	G3361 →
ἀρκέσῃ	arkesē	it may suffice	G714 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	for us	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὑμῖν.	humin	you.	G4771 →
πορεύεσθε	poreuesthe	do go	G4198 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	rather	G3123 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
πωλοῦντας	pōlountas	selling	G4453 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀγοράσατε	agorasate	do buy	G59 →
ἑαυταῖς.	he'autais	for yourselves.	G1438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 14:20
then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
leads to
- Ezekiel 14:14
  then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
- 1 John 3:10
  By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- 1 John 3:7
  Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
- Isaiah 3:10
  Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- 1 John 2:29
  If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.