Matthew 25:2
And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
Matthew 13:38And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;
Matthew 22:10And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1For it is my desire, my brothers, that you may keep in mind how all our fathers were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea;
Jude 1:5Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;
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 →