Moffatt(i)
1 Then shall the Realm of heaven be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.
2 Five of them were stupid and five were sensible.
3 For although the stupid took their lamps, they took no oil with them,
4 whereas the sensible took oil in their vessels as well as their lamps.
5 As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.
6 But at midnight the cry arose, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
7 Then all the maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.
8 The stupid said to the sensible, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
9 But the sensible replied, 'No, there may not be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'
10 Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.