Matthew 25:7

Then all the virgins arose, and prepared their lamps.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

In Context

6And in the dividing of the night there was the cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go forth to his meeting.

8But those foolish ones said to the wise, Give to us from your oil; for, behold, our lamps are gone out.

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Cross References

Luke 12:35Let your loins be bound, and your lamps be burning,

Revelation 2:4But I have against thee, because thy first love thou hast forsaken.

Revelation 3:19All those whom I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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 →

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