Matthew 25:2
and five were foolish.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
In Context
3The foolish ones took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Whoever therefore heareth these words of mine, and performeth them, I will compare him to a prudent man, who built his house on a rock:
Matthew 13:38the field is the world; the good seed are the children of my kingdom; and the tares are the children of the wicked one.
Matthew 22:10And those servants went out into the high-ways, and brought in all they met with, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
1 Corinthians 10:1Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Jude 1:5But I would remind you of this, which ye know already, that though the Lord saved the people out of the land of Egypt, yet He afterwards destroyed those that believed not:
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 →