Matthew 25:2
But five of them were provident, and five foolish.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3Those who were taking their lamps, took no oil with them:
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Every man therefore who is hearing from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon a rock:
Matthew 13:38the field is the world: and the good seed are those who are the children of the kingdom; but the zizane are the children of the wicked one;
Matthew 22:10So these servants going out into the roads, collected all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding feast was fully furnished with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1BUT I would not that you should be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Jude 1:5But I would remind you, though ye once knew this, that the Lord, though he delivered the people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed those 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 →