Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 25:11-12

"Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not." — Matthew 25:11-12 (ASV)

But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

“The other virgins” were not “ready” when the bridegroom came, and there is no hint in the parable that they were any more ready when they came and clamored at his closed door, “Lord, Lord, open to us.” “We came to meet you, we carried lamps, we were with the other virgins. Lord, Lord, open to us!” His answer tolled the knell of any vain hope of admission that they might have cherished: Verily, I say unto you, I know you not.

If any man loveth God, the same is known of him (1 Corinthians 8:3, R.V.).

The Good Shepherd says, I know mine own, and mine own know me (John 10:14, R.V.). Those whom Jesus Christ knows in this sense, He loves and they love Him because He has first loved them. The foolish virgins had professed to be the bridegroom’s friends, yet they were proved to be not even his acquaintances. May none of us ever hear from the blessed lips of the heavenly Bridegroom that terrible death-sentence, I know you not!