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25:1 Then shall the
kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to
meet the bridegroom.
25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them:
25:4 But the wise took
oil in their vessels with their lamps.
25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him.
25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for
our lamps are gone out.
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.
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.
25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord,
open to us.
25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you
not.
25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man cometh.
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.
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.
25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded
with the same, and made them other five talents.
25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other
two.
25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and
hid his lord's money.
25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and
reckoneth with them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 strawed:
25:25 And I was afraid,
and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
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 strawed:
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.
25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which
hath ten talents.
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.
25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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:
25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shallseparate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
25:33 And he shall set
the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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:
25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
25:36 Naked, and ye
clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
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.
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:
25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
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.
25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not
minister unto thee?
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.
25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal.
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