Matthew 25:2

Easy To Read Version

Five of the girls were foolish. And five of the girls were wise.

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs in it. Those figs were like figs that ripen early in the season. But the other basket had rotten figs. They were too rotten to eat.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be smart like snakes. But also be like doves and do nothing wrong.

Matthew 24:45

“Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?

Matthew 25:3

The five foolish girls brought their lamps, but they did not bring more oil for the lamps to burn.

Matthew 25:4

The wise girls brought their lamps and more oil in jars.

Matthew 25:9

“The wise girls answered, ‘No! The oil we have might not be enough for all of us. But go to the people that sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

1 John 2:19

Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.