Matthew 25:2
But five of them were wise, and five foolish.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3And those foolish (ones) took their lamps, but did not take with them the oil:
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Every one therefore who heareth these my words, and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world. Now, the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the zizania are the sons of the evil one.
Matthew 22:10And those servants went forth into the highways, and assembled all whom they found, the bad and the good; and the place of feasting was filled with guests,
1 Corinthians 10:1BUT I would that you know, my brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud,
Jude 1:5But I will to remind you, though all of you know, that Aloha, when once the people from Metsreen he had redeemed, yet afterward destroyed them who believed not.
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 →