Matthew 25:2
and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock;
Matthew 13:38and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,
Matthew 22:10And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, gathered all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was filled with those reclining.
1 Corinthians 10:1And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
Jude 1:5Now I intend to remind you, you once having known all this, that Jesus, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, He secondly destroyed those not having believed;
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 →