Matthew 25:2
Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3Those who were foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:24“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock:
Matthew 13:38And the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the evil one.
Matthew 22:10So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, although you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who 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 →