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Jesus begins to tell a parable about wise and foolish virgins. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables)

lamps

These could have been 1) lamps (see UDB) or 2) torches made by putting cloth around the end of a stick and wetting the cloth with oil.

Five of them

"Five of the virgins"

did not take any oil with them

"had with them only the oil in their lamps"