What does Matthew 25:2 mean?

Another parable from Jesus illustrates how important it is that His followers live in a state of readiness for His return. He has compared the coming kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who had lamps and were waiting to meet a bridegroom for the start of a late-night wedding procession (Matthew 25:1). The word "virgin" was used for young, unmarried women, but the context is not that these women are to marry the expected man. These ten were likely bridal attendants, and they may have been waiting at the bride's home for the groom to arrive, collect his bride, and parade the company back to his home for the wedding feast.

Jesus adds now that five of these young women were wise and five were foolish. He will illustrate in the following verses how they demonstrate this.