Matthew 25:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And five of them were wise, and five› [were] ‹foolish.›

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  • Jer 24:2 : 2 One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 ‹Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:› 25 ‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.› 26 ‹And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:› 27 ‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.›
  • 1 Cor 10:1-5 : 1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
  • Matt 13:19-23 : 19 ‹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth› [it] ‹not, then cometh the wicked› [one], ‹and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.› 20 ‹But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;› 21 ‹Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.› 22 ‹He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.› 23 ‹But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth› [it]; ‹which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.›
  • Matt 13:38-43 : 38 ‹The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked› [one]; 39 ‹The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.› 40 ‹As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.› 41 ‹The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;› 42 ‹And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.› 43 ‹Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.›
  • Matt 13:47-48 : 47 ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:› 48 ‹Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.›
  • Matt 22:10-11 : 10 ‹So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.› 11 ‹And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:›
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 ‹Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?›

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