Watch therefore (γρηγορειτε ουν). This is the refrain with all the parables. Lack of foresight is inexcusable. Ignorance of the ti…

Watch therefore, etc. This is the scope or design of the whole parable. This is the great truth He wished to inculcate, and all parts of t…

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

That is, we do not know when it will be. S…

St. John Chrysostom: In the previous parable, the Lord described the punishment of the man who was violent, drunk, and wasted …

The bridegroom comes, the wise virgins enter, and the door is shut. The intense cries of the ill-prepared and foolish latecomers are of no avail. B…

Watch therefore
In ordinances, in prayer, public and private, in hearing the word, at the Lord's supper, and in ever…

The circumstances of the parable of the ten virgins were taken from the marriage customs among the Jews and explain the great day of Christ's comin…

Here, the discu ion concerned the Lord’s Coming for the Judgment; here, it concerns the Judgment itself. Therefore, this chapter is divided into tw…