Matthew 25:8
and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;
Literal Standard Version
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 rose, and trimmed their lamps,
Cross References
Job 18:5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there does not shine a spark of his fire.
Proverbs 4:18And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, || Going and brightening until the day is established,
Proverbs 20:20Whoever is vilifying his father and his mother, his lamp is extinguished in blackness of darkness.
Matthew 13:20And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,
Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
Acts 8:24And Simon answering, said, “Implore for me to the LORD, that nothing may come on me of the things you have spoken.”
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 →