MATTHEW 25:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
But the wise answered, saying: since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves. The wise virgins' refusal is not selfishness but the honest assessment that the oil cannot be divided without extinguishing both sets of lamps. The go buy for yourselves is not a genuine option — the dealers are closed at midnight — but communicates that the oil is not transferable: the preparation for the end cannot be borrowed from someone else's account.
Church Fathers on Matthew 25:9
Hom. lxxviii, In the foregoing parable the Lord set forth the punishment of the man who beat, and was drunk, and wasted his Lord’s goods; in this He declares his punishment who profits not, and does not prepare for himself abundantly the things of which he has need; for the foolish virgins had oil, but not enough.
'Then,' because all this discourse is concerning the great day of the Lord, concerning which He had been speaking before.
By 'the kingdom of heaven' is meant the present Church, as in that, 'The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend.' [Matt 13:41]
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