Matthew 25:2
And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3For the foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil with themselves:
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
Matthew 13:38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the wicked one,
Matthew 22:10And those servants having gone out into the ways, led in all whom they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Jude 1:5But I wish you to remember, once having known all these things, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, destroyed them that believed riot, the second time:
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 →