Matthew 25:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

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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

Jeremiah 24:2

One 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.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 24:45

“Who, then, is the faithful and wise slave whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time?

Matthew 25:3

When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

Matthew 25:4

but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

But the wise replied, ‘No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.

Jude 1:5

Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, once and for all, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.