Matthew 25:2
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3For when the foolish virgins took their lamps, they did not take any oil with them.
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Therefore, everyone who hears my words and obeys them will be like a wise man who built his house upon a rock.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
Matthew 22:10The servants went out to the highways and gathered together all the people they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea.
Jude 1:5Now I wish to remind you—although once you fully knew it—that the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt, but that afterward he 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 →