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(1) 2Q: Luke 13:25 = Matt 25:1-12
(1) 2Q: Luke 13:25 = Matt 25:1-12
/13:25/ When once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then in reply he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from.'
= Matt 25:1-12
/25:1/ "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. /2/ Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. /3/ When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; /4/ but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. /5/ As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. /6/ But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' /7/ Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. /8/ The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' /9/ But the wise replied, 'No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.' /10/ And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut. /11/ Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' /12/ But he replied, 'Truly I tell you, I do not know you.' /13/ Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Lectionary
RCL: Year A, Proper 27
ECUSA: & RC: Year A, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
John Dominic Crossan
Item: 164
Stratum: I (30-60 CE)
Attestation: Single
Historicity: -
IQP
The International Q Project reconstructs the original Q saying as follows:
When the [householder has arisen] and locked the door, [and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door,] saying: Master, open for us, and he will answer you: I do not know you.
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Color Luke 13:25 Matt 25:1-12 The commentary in The Five Gospels (p. 347) notes that Luke's brief saying is reminiscent of the longer parable of the ten maidens in Matthew 25.
On the Matthean parable, the commentary observes:
This story does not have any of the earmarks of Jesus' authentic parables. it does not cut against the religious and social grain. Rather, it confirms common wisdom: those who are prepared succeed, those not prepared will fail. Consequently, it does not surprise or shock; there is no unexpected twist in the story; it comes out as one expects, given the opening statement that five of the maidens were wise and five foolish. The story lacks humor, exaggeration, and paradox: it is straightforward, unimaginative, and moralizing ...
Gerd Luedemann
Luedemann [Jesus, 234] :
The narrative is inauthentic since the semi-allegorical form derives from the needs of the community to find themselves in the parable. Furthermore the parable reflects the delay of the coming of the bridegroom Christ.
John P. Meier
Meier does not comment on this parable/saying in the first 3 volumes of A Marginal Jew.