Matthew 25:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket was full of very good figs that ripened early, and the other was full of rotten figs that were not fit to eat.

Jude 1:5

Don't forget what happened to those people the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them.

1 John 2:19

These people came from our own group, yet they were not really part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves they did not belong to our group.

Matthew 24:45

Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time?

Matthew 10:16

I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 25:3

The foolish ones took their lamps, but no extra oil.

Matthew 25:4

The ones who were wise took along extra oil for their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

Those who were wise answered, “There's not enough oil for all of us! Go and buy some for yourselves.”