MT-25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which
took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
MT-25:2 And five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish.
MT-25:3 They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no
oil with them:
MT-25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
MT-25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and
slept.
MT-25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the
bridegroom cometh;
go ye out to meet him.
MT-25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
MT-25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil;
for our lamps
are gone out.
MT-25:9 But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be
not enough for
us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves.
MT-25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and
they that were
ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
MT-25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord,
Lord, open to
us.
MT-25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I
know you not.
MT-25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the
hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
MT-25:14 For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling
into a far
country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them
his goods.
MT-25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and
to another
one; to every man according to his several ability; and
straightway took his
journey.
MT-25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and
traded with the
same, and made [them] other five talents.
MT-25:17 And likewise he that [had received] two, he also
gained other two.
MT-25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the
earth, and hid
his lord's money.
MT-25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh,
and reckoneth
with them.
MT-25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and
brought other five
talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:
behold, I have
gained beside them five talents more.
MT-25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and
faithful servant:
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee
ruler over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
MT-25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said,
Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other
talents beside
them.
MT-25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful
servant; thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler
over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
MT-25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and
said, Lord, I knew
thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown,
and gathering
where thou hast not strowed:
MT-25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the
earth: lo,
[there] thou hast [that is] thine.
MT-25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, [Thou] wicked and
slothful
servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather
where I have
not strowed:
MT-25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the
exchangers, and
[then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
MT-25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto
him which hath
ten talents.
MT-25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he
shall have
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even
that which he
hath.
MT-25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer
darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
MT-25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
MT-25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he
shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from
the goats:
MT-25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the
left.
MT-25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the
world:
MT-25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye
gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
MT-25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.
MT-25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee
an hungered, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink?
MT-25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or
naked, and
clothed [thee]?
MT-25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto
thee?
MT-25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I
say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye
have done [it] unto me.
MT-25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels:
MT-25:42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was
thirsty, and ye
gave me no drink:
MT-25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye
clothed me
not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
MT-25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we thee an
hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did
not minister unto thee?
MT-25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto
you, Inasmuch as
ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to
me.
MT-25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:
but the
righteous into life eternal.
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