Matthew 25:2
And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3Those who were foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them:
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, will be like a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:
Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the wicked one;
Matthew 22:10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Jude 1:5Now I wish to remind you, though you already know all this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
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 →