Matthew 25:2

Matthew 25:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
• New International Version (NIV)Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Context of Matthew 25:2

1"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

Matthew 25:2 word by word

πέντε δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν μωραὶ καὶ πέντε φρόνιμοι·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• wiseφρόνιμοςphronimos · thoughtfulG5429
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• foolishμωρόςmōros · foolishG3474

Cross-references for Matthew 25:2

• Matthew 7:24"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
• Matthew 22:10And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
• Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
• 1 John 2:19They 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 it might become plain that they all are not of us.
• Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

Commentaries on Matthew 25:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Five of them were wise - Or, provident, - they took care to make a proper provision beforehand, and left nothing to be done in the last moment. Five were foolish - , which might be translated careless, is generally rendered foolish; but this does not agree so well with , provident, or prudent, in the first clause, which is the proper meaning of the word. in the Etymologicon, is thus defined, ̔͂ , he who sees not what is proper or necessary. These did not…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-4Verses 2-4 And five of them were wise - . The words “wise and foolish,” here, refer only to their conduct; in regard to the oil. The one part was “wise” in taking oil, the other “foolish” in neglecting it. The conduct of those who were “wise” refers to those who are “prepared” for the coming of Christ - prepared by possessing real piety, and not being merely his professed followers. The conduct of those “without” oil expresses the conduct of those who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13This parable confirms the need to be alert and ready for Christ's return (Matthew 25:13; see also Luke 12:35–36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish--They are not distinguished into good and bad, as Trench observes, but into "wise" and "foolish"--just as in Mt 7:25-27 those who reared their house for eternity are distinguished into "wise" and "foolish builders"; because in both cases a certain degree of goodwill towards the truth is assumed. To make anything of the equal number of both classes would, we think, be precarious, save to warn us how…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 25:2

• Bridegroom
• Fool
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Marriage
• Opportunity
• Procrastination
• Resurrection
• Unfaithfulness
• Virgin
• Wisdom
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bride
• Cry
• Depart
• Hard
• Judgment, The final
• Ought
• Parable
• Reckon
• Talent
• Thirsty

Commentaries on Matthew 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings