Matthew 25:8
The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
One Unity Resource Bible
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 arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the upright is like the dawning light, 2 that shines more and more until the perfect day. 1
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother, + 20:20. Quoted in Matt 15:4; Mark 7:10 2 his lamp candle shall be put out in blackness of darkness. 1
Matthew 13:20What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
Luke 12:35“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
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 →