Matthew 25:12
But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
In Context
11Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us.’
13Therefore keep watch, for you do not know the day or the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Cross References
Luke 13:26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in yoʋr presence, and yoʋ taught in our streets.’
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Galatians 4:9But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elements? Do you wish to be enslaved to them once more?
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 →