Matthew 25:2
But five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3For the five foolish, having brought their lamps, did not take oil with them.
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
Matthew 13:38Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.
Matthew 22:10And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and they all went across the sea.
Jude 1:5So I want to caution you. Those who once knew everything that Jesus did, in saving the people from the land of Egypt, afterwards perished because they 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 →