Matthew 25:2
Now five of them were prudent and five foolish.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3Those who were foolish, taking their lamps, did not take [extra] oil with them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:24“Therefore whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will compare him to a prudent man who built his house on the bedrock;
Matthew 13:38The field is the world; as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, while the tares are the sons of the malignant one.
Matthew 22:10And going out on the roads those servants gathered together everyone they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea
Jude 1:5So I want to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord delivered a people out of the land of Egypt yet later 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 →