Matthew 25:4
but the wise took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
In Context
3Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
5While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Cross References
John 1:15John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.
Romans 8:9But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness,
1 John 2:27And the anointing which you have received from him abides in you; and you have no need that any one should teach you: but, as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and is no lie, even as it has taught you, abide in it.
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 →