Devine Scripture

Matthew 25:2

Matthew chapter 25 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Context

v.1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

v.2This passage

v.3For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 13:47

    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

  • Matthew 7:24

    Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

  • 1 John 2:19

    They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

  • Jeremiah 24:2

    One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:1

    For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

  • Matthew 22:10

    And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.