Matthew 25:4

New English Translation

But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.

Cross References

Psalm 45:7

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 25:2

Five of the virgins were foolish, and five were wise.

Matthew 25:3

When the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra olive oil with them.

Matthew 25:5

When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

Matthew 7:24

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

John 3:34

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Romans 8:9

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

2 Corinthians 1:22

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

1 John 2:20

Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

1 John 2:27

Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.

Jude 1:19

These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.