From the discussion about the lamps in Matthew 25.3, it is clear that the verb going out may mean either “will soon be going out” or “will go out too soon.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on the Gospel of Matthew. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1988. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .