Matthew 25:2
Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3The foolish ones took their lamps, but took no oil with them;
Cross References
Matthew 7:24“Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts on it may be compared to a prudent person, who built their house on the rock.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world. By the good seed is meant the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the wicked,
Matthew 22:10The servants went out into the roads and collected all the people whom they found, whether bad or good; and the bridal-hall was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1I want you to bear in mind, friends, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you – but you already know it all – that, though the Lord delivered the people from Egypt, yet he afterward destroyed those who refused to believe in him;
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 →