Matthew 25:7
"Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
In Context
6"But at midnight there arose a cry, "‘Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!’
8"and the foolish said to the wise, "‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
Cross References
Luke 12:35"Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning;
Revelation 2:4But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
Revelation 3:19All whom I love I reprove and discipline; therefore be full of zeal 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 →