Matthew 25:7
Then all those virgins rose up, and arrayed their lamps.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
In Context
8And the fools said to the wise (ones), Give ye to us (some) of your oil, for our lamps be quenched.
Cross References
Luke 12:35Be your loins girded above, and lanterns burning in your hands;
Revelation 2:4But I have against thee a few things, that thou hast left thy first charity. (But I have a few things against thee, yea, that thou hast left thy first love.)
Revelation 3:19I reprove, and chastise whom I love; therefore (pur)sue thou good men, and do penance. (I rebuke, and chastise whom I love; and so pursue the good, 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 →