Matthew 25:2
Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3When those who were foolish took their lamps, they did not take oil with them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:24“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them I will compare to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world, and the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. The tares are the sons of the evil one,
Matthew 22:10So the servants went out to the roads and gathered together all whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding feast was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, although you already know this, that after the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt, he subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.
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 →