Matthew 25
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| 1 | At that time the kingdom of the heavens shall be like ten virgins, who taking their own lamps went out for a meeting with the bridegroom. |
| 2 | Now five of them were fools and five wise: |
| 3 | for the fools taking their lamps did not take for themselves oil, |
| 4 | but the wise took oil in the vessels with their lamps. |
| 5 | And with the bridegroom delaying they all had gotten drowsy and slept. |
| 6 | Then there came a cry at midnight: 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come for a meeting with him!' |
| 7 | Then all those virgins arose and prepared their own lamps. |
| 8 | And the fools said to the wise: 'Give to us some of your oil, because our lamps are extinguished!' |
| 9 | But the wise replied saying 'Never! By no means would it be sufficient for us and for you! Rather you must go to the dealers and buy it for yourselves!' |
| 10 | But upon their having departed to buy it the bridegroom came, and those who were ready entered in with him into the wedding-feast and shut the door. |
| 11 | Then later the rest of the virgins also came, saying 'Master, master! Open for us!' |
| 12 | But responding he said 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you!' |
| 13 | Therefore you must be alert, because you know not the day nor the hour! " |
| 14 | For it is just like a man traveling abroad who called his own slaves and turned over to them his properties. |
| 15 | And while to one he had given five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability, then he went abroad. Immediately |
| 16 | going he receiving the five talents conducted business with them and profited five others. |
| 17 | Likewise he with the two profited two others. |
| 18 | But he receiving the one having departed dug into the ground and hid the silver of his master. |
| 19 | Then after much time the master of those slaves comes and takes an account together with them. |
| 20 | And he receiving the five talents coming forth presented five other talents, saying 'Master, you turned over to me five talents. Behold, I have profited another five talents!' |
| 21 | His master said to him: 'Well done, good and faithful slave! With a little you were faithful. I shall appoint you over much! Enter into the joy of your master!' |
| 22 | Coming forth also he with the two talents said: 'Master, you turned over to me two talents. Behold, I have profited another two talents!' |
| 23 | His master said to him: 'Well done, good and faithful slave! With a little you were faithful. I shall appoint you over much! Enter into the joy of your master!' |
| 24 | Then coming forth also he who received the one talent said: 'Master, I know you, that you are a hard man, reaping from where you have not sown and gathering from where you have not scattered, |
| 25 | and being in fear having departed I hid your talent in the earth. Behold, have that which is yours!' |
| 26 | But replying his master said to him: 'Wicked and timid slave! You knew that I reap from where I have not sown and I gather from where I have not scattered? |
| 27 | Therefore it was necessary for you to deposit my silver with the bankers, and coming I would have received that which is mine with interest! |
| 28 | So take the talent from him and give it to him having the ten talents!' |
| 29 | For to each having it shall be given and he shall have abundance, but to he not having even that which he has shall be taken from him! |
| 30 | And the useless slave shall be cast out into the outer darkness. There shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth! " |
| 31 | And when the Son of Man should come in His effulgence and all the messengers with Him, then He shall sit upon His throne of honor. |
| 32 | And they shall gather before Him all the nations and He shall separate them from one another just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. |
| 33 | And He shall indeed stand the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at His left hand. |
| 34 | Then the King shall say to those at His right hand: 'Come, those blessed of My Father, you shall inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of Society! |
| 35 | For I hungered and you gave Me to eat; I had thirst and you had given Me drink; I was a visitor and you had taken Me in; |
| 36 | naked and you had clothed Me; I had been sick and you watched over Me; I was in prison and you had come to Me.' |
| 37 | Then the righteous shall respond to Him saying: 'Master, when have we seen You hungry and nourished You, or thirsting and had given drink? |
| 38 | And when have we seen You a visitor and had taken You in, or naked and had clothed You? |
| 39 | And when have we seen You being sick or in prison and had come to You?' |
| 40 | And replying the King shall say to them: 'Truly I say to you, for whomever of the least of My brethren have you done one of these things, you have done them for Me!' |
| 41 | Then He shall say also to those at the left hand: 'Go from Me, accursed, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the False Accuser and his messengers! |
| 42 | For I hungered and you did not give Me to eat, and I had thirst and you had not given Me drink; |
| 43 | I was a visitor and you had not taken Me in, naked and you had not clothed Me, sick and in prison and you had not visited Me!' |
| 44 | Then they themselves shall also respond saying: 'Master, when have we seen You hungry or thirsting or a visitor or naked or sick or in prison and had not served You?' |
| 45 | Then He shall respond to them saying: 'Truly I say to you, for whomever you had not done one of the least of these things, neither have you done them for Me!' |
| 46 | And they shall go off into the eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." |