Matthew 25:7
"Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
In Context
6But at midnight there is a loud cry, "`The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'
8"`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, `for our torches are going out.'
Cross References
Luke 12:35"Have your girdles on, and let your lamps be alight;
Revelation 2:4Yet I have this against you--that you no longer love Me as you did at first.
Revelation 3:19All whom I hold dear, I reprove and chastise; therefore be in earnest and repent.
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 →