Matthew 25:4
but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
In Context
3The foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil with them;
5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Cross References
John 1:15John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was before me[1:15].
Romans 8:9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
1 John 2:27And the anointing which ye received from him abides in you, and ye have no need that any one teach you; but, as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is truth, and is not a lie, and even as it taught you, abide in him.
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 →