Matthew 25:1
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
- KJV
- Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- WEB
- “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
- ASV
- Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- DARBY
- Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- BLB
- [“] Then the kingdom of the heavens will be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom,
- ÅB
- «Da skal Himlenes rike være å ligne med ti jomfruer som tok lampene sine og gikk ut for å møte brudgommen.
- OTB
- "På den tiden skal himmelriket være likt ti jomfruer som tok lampene sine og gikk ut for å møte brudgommen.
- B1930
- Da skal himlenes rike være å ligne med ti jomfruer som tok sine lamper og gikk ut for å møte brudgommen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 12:35–36
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
Read in contextMatthew 24:42–51
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
Read in contextRevelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:15–16
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Read in contextJohn 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Read in contextRevelation 21:9
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
Read in contextMatthew 13:24
Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
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