Matthew 25:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.

Matthew 10:16

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

Matthew 24:45

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

Matthew 25:3

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

Matthew 25:4

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

Matthew 25:9

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.

Jude 1:5

Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;