Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
English Majority Text (NT)
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 arose, and they trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Matthew 13:20But the seed sown on stony ground, is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
Luke 12:35“Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;
Acts 8:24Then Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things of which you have spoken may come upon 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 →