GROUPINGS:
1) Wheat/Wise virgins- one & the same, His truly converted ones
2) Tares, which choke the word- troublemakers in the church & deceptive leaders
3) Foolish virgins- these are ALMOST saved, but their lamps they allowed to run out of oil
So, just wondering if this applies from Zechariah
And it shall come to pass,
that in all the land, saith the LORD,
two parts
therein shall be cut off and die;
but the third shall be left therein.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is tried:
they shall call on my name,
and I will hear them:
I will say,
It is my people:
and they shall say,
The LORD
is my God.
Zechariah 13:8,9