Context: Mat 25:1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Mat 25:2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Mat 25:3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;
Mat 25:4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
Mat 25:5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Mat 25:7 Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.
Mat 25:8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
Mat 25:9 But the wise replied, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’
Mat 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.
Mat 25:11 Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’
Mat 25:12 But he replied, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
Mat 25:13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
| 3708 [e] Idou Ἰδοὺ , Behold V-AMA-2S |
| 3588 [e] ho ὁ the Art-NMS |
| 3566 [e] nymphios νυμφίος ! bridegroom N-NMS |
| 1831 [e] exerchesthe ἐξέρχεσθε go forth V-PMM/P-2P |
| 1519 [e] eis εἰς to Prep |
| 529 [e] apantēsin ἀπάντησιν meet N-AFS |
| 846 [e] autou ‹αὐτοῦ› ! him PPro-GM3S |
| 4198 [e] poreuesthe πορεύεσθε but go V-PMM/P-2P |
| 3123 [e] mallon μᾶλλον rather Adv |
| 4314 [e] pros πρὸς to Prep |
| 3588 [e] tous τοὺς those Art-AMP |
| 4453 [e] pōlountas πωλοῦντας , selling V-PPA-AMP |
RESOURCES
What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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