Matthew 25:12
But the bridegroom answered ‘I tell you, I do not know you.’
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
In Context
11Afterwards the other bridesmaids came. ‘Sir, Sir,’ they said, ‘open the door to us!’
13Therefore watch, since you know neither the Day nor the Hour.
Cross References
Luke 13:26Then you will begin to say ‘We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,’ and his reply will be —
John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me;
Galatians 4:9But now that you have found God — or, rather, have been found by him — how is it that you are turning back to that poor and feeble puerile teaching, to which yet once again you are wanting to become slaves?
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 →