Matthew 25:8
But the foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give to us from your oil, for our lamps are being extinguished.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
In Context
7Then all those virgins rose up and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Job 18:5Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.
Matthew 13:20Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place, this is one who hears the word and promptly accepts it with joy.
Luke 12:35Let your waists be girded, and let lamps be burning in your hands.
Acts 8:24Then Simon responded by saying, “Pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”
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 →