Matthew 25:12
But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
In Context
11But at last come also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.
13Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.
Luke 13:26Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me.
Galatians 4:9But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God: how turn you again to the weak and needy elements, which you desire to serve again?
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 →