Matthew 25:2
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:24“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 13:38the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
Matthew 22:10Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Jude 1:5Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t 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 →