Matthew 25:2
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
KJV
πέντε δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν μωραὶ καὶ πέντε φρόνιμοι.
Greek NT
Quinque autem ex eis erant fatuæ, et quinque prudentes :
Vulgate
And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
ASV
And five of them were foolish and five wise.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μωρός
moros
adjective · 12×
πέντε
pente
adjective · 38×
φρόνιμος
phronimos
adjective · 14×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν | RP: ἦσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν
- ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν — SBLGNT
- ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἦσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μωραὶ καὶ πέντε φρόνιμοι | WH/Treg/NIV: μωραὶ καὶ πέντε φρόνιμοι | RP: φρόνιμοι καὶ αἱ πέντε μωραί
- μωραὶ καὶ πέντε φρόνιμοι — SBLGNT
- μωραὶ καὶ πέντε φρόνιμοι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- φρόνιμοι καὶ αἱ πέντε μωραί — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§796The unity of Christ and the Church, head and members of one Body, also implies the distinction of the two within a personal relationship. This aspect is often expressed by the image of bridegroom and bride. the theme of Christ as Bridegroom of the Church was prepared for by the prophets and announced by John the Baptist.234 The Lord referred to himself as the "bridegroom."235 T…
Folly of the arguments derived by the heretics from numbers, letters, and syllables. 1. This very thing, too, still further demonstrates their opinion false, and their fictitious system untenable, that they endeavour to bring forward proofs of it, sometimes through means of numbers and the syllables of names, sometimes also through the letter of syllables, and yet again through…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:1 — 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;
- 1John 2:19 — 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
- 1Pet 2:15 — For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
- Eph 5:15 — See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
- Jer 24:2 — 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.
- Jude 1:5 — 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 — 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.
- Matt 13:38 — The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
- Matt 13:47 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
- Matt 24:45 — Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
- Matt 24:45 — Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?