Matthew 25:2
Now, five of them, were foolish, and, five, prudent.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3For, the foolish—though they took, their torches, took not with them, oil:
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Every one, therefore, who heareth [these] my words, and doeth them, shall be likened to a prudent 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 darnel seeds, are the sons of the evil one;
Matthew 22:10And those servants, going forth, into the roads, gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good,—and filled was the bride-chamber with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1For I wish not ye should be ignorant, brethren, that, all our fathers, were, under the cloud, and, all, passed through the sea,—
Jude 1:5I am minded, therefore, to put you in remembrance,—though ye know all things once for all, That the Lord, when a people out of Egypt he had saved, in, the next place, them that believed not, destroyed.
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 →