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The Parable's Punchline
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse is the central point and main application of the entire Parable of the Ten Virgins. The story's purpose is to drive home this single, urgent command: 'Watch.' It is, as Albert Barnes states, the 'scope or design of the whole parable.'
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 25:13
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore (γρηγορειτε ουν). This is the refrain with all the parables. Lack of foresight is inexcusable. Ignorance of the ti…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 25:13
19th Century
Preacher
Our Lord again instructs His followers in the duty of watchfulness, as in Matthew 24:42, and repeats, in a slightly-altered form, the reason previo…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 25:13
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…
John Gill
On Matthew 25:13
17th Century
Pastor
Watch therefore
In ordinances, in prayer, public and private, in hearing the word, at the Lord's supper, and in ever…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 25:1–13
17th Century
Minister
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…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 25:1–13
13th Century
Philosopher
Here, the discussion concerned the Lord’s Coming for the Judgment; here, it concerns the Judgment itself. Therefore, this chapter is divided into t…