Matthew 25:2
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3foolish women, who, having taken their lamps, took no olive oil with them.
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
Matthew 13:38and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil.
Matthew 22:10And those bondmen having departed into the roads, they gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with those who were dining.
1 Corinthians 10:1But I want you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, ye having known this once, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →