Matthew 25:8
"`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, `for our torches are going out.'
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
7"Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches.
Cross References
Matthew 13:20He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.
Luke 12:35"Have your girdles on, and let your lamps be alight;
Acts 8:24"Pray, both of you, to the Lord for me," answered Simon, "that nothing of what you have said may 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 →