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Chapter 25

The Parable of the Ten Virgins.[a] “Then[b] the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. [c]Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:1–13 Peculiar to Matthew.
  2. 25:1 Then: at the time of the parousia. Kingdom…will be like: see note on Mt 13:24–30.
  3. 25:2–4 Foolish…wise: cf. the contrasted “wise man” and “fool” of Mt 7:24, 26 where the two are distinguished by good deeds and lack of them, and such deeds may be signified by the oil of this parable.