Matthew 25:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Five of the bridesmaids were foolish and five were sensible.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Five of them were foolish (thoughtless, without forethought) and five were wise (sensible, intelligent, and prudent).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Now five of them were wise, and the other five were foolish.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And five of them were foolish, and five wise.

Matthew 25:2 Cross References

Matthew 10:16

“Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is “sensible”] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is “sincere”] as doves.

Matthew 24:45

“Who then, is the trustworthy and sensible slave, to whom his master has assigned the management of his household to provide timely meals for its members?

Matthew 25:3

The foolish ones did not take enough olive oil for their lamps with them,

Matthew 25:4

but the sensible ones took [extra] oil in containers, along with their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

But the sensible ones answered, ‘There might not be enough for us and you, [so] instead, you should go to the store and buy some for yourselves.’

1 John 2:19

These antichrists left our group [i.e., withdrew their fellowship from us], but they were not [really a part] of us, for if they had been, they would have continued [to participate] with us. But, by their leaving us, it proved that none of them were [really] a part of our group [after all].

Jude 1:5

But, I want to remind you, [even] though you already know the stories about how the Lord delivered His people from Egyptian [bondage], and then [later] destroyed those who did not believe [in Him].