Matthew 25:10
And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
11Afterward come also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Cross References
Numbers 14:28Say unto them, As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Amos 8:12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Matthew 25:6But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
Luke 12:36and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.
Colossians 1:12giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Hebrews 3:18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?
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 →