Matthew 25:8
And the foolish ones said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
Family 35 New Testament
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 got up and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Matthew 13:20But the seed sown on stony places—this is he who hears the word and directly receives it with joy,
Luke 12:35“Let your waists be belted and your lamps burning,
Acts 8:24So in answer Simon said, “ You make petition to the Lord on my behalf, so that nothing of what 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 →