Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
In Context
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Matthew 13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, (o. logos) and soon with joy receives it;
Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Acts 8:24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray all of you to the LORD for me, that none of these things which all of you have spoken come upon me.
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 →