Matthew 25:2
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide themselves with oil;
Cross References
Matthew 7:24"Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;
Matthew 13:38the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.
Matthew 22:10"So they went out into the roads and gathered together all they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1For I would have you remember, brethren, how our forefathers were all of them sheltered by the cloud, and all got safely through the Red Sea.
Jude 1:5I desire to remind you--although the whole matter is already familiar to you--that the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt, but afterwards destroyed those who had no faith.
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 →