| 25 | Matthew | ||
| 1 | 'When that day comes, the kingdom of Heaven will be like this. There were ten girls, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. | The Parable of the Ten Maidens Mt.25.1-13 (Olivet) - | |
| 2 | Five of them were foolish, and five prudent; | ||
| 3 | when the foolish ones took their lamps, they took no oil with them, | ||
| 4 | but the others took flasks of oil with their lamps. | ||
| 5 | As the bridegroom was late in coming they all dozed off to sleep. | ||
| 6 | But at midnight a cry was heard: "Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him." | ||
| 7 | With that the girls all got up and trimmed their lamps. | ||
| 8 | The foolish said to the prudent, "Our lamps are going out; give us some of your oil." | ||
| 9 | "No," they said; "there will never be enough for us both. You had better go to the shop and buy some for yourselves." | ||
| 10 | While they were away the bridegroom arrived; those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. | ||
| 11 | And then the other five came back. "Sir, sir," they cried, "open the door for us." | ||
| 12 | But he answered, "'I declare, I do not know you." | ||
| 13 | Keep awake then; for you never know the day or the hour. | ||
| 14 | 'It is like a man going abroad, who called his servants and put his capital in their hands; | The Parable of the Talents Mt.25.14-30 (Olivet) -[ Mt.25.14-30 → ] - Lk.19.11-27 | |
| 15 | to one he gave five bags of gold, to another two, to another one, each according to his capacity. Then he left the country. | ||
| 16 | The man who had the five bags went at once and employed them in business, and made a profit of five bags, | ||
| 17 | and the man who had the two bags made two. | ||
| 18 | But the man who had been given one bag of gold went off and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money. | ||
| 19 | A long time afterwards their master returned, and proceeded to settle accounts with them. | ||
| 20 | The man who had been given the five bags of gold came and produced the five he had made: "Master," he said, "you left five bags with me; look, I have made five more." | ||
| 21 | "Well done, my good and trusty servant!" said the master. "You have proved trustworthy in a small way; I will now put you in charge of something big. Come and share your master's delight." | ||
| 22 | The man with the two bags then came and said, "Master, you left two bags with me; look, I have made two more." | ||
| 23 | "Well done, my good and trusty servant!" said the master. "You have proved trustworthy in a small way; I will now put you in charge of something big. Come and share your master's delight." | ||
| 24 | Then the man who had been given one bag came and said, "Master, I knew you to be a hard man: you reap where you have not sown, you gather where you have not scattered; | ||
| 25 | so I was afraid, and I went and hid your gold in the ground. Here it is - you have what belongs to you." | ||
| 26 | "You lazy rascal!" said the master. "You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered? | ||
| 27 | Then you ought to have put my money on deposit, and on my return I should have got it back with interest. | ||
| 28 | Take the bag of gold from him, and give it to the one with the ten bags. | ||
| 29 | For the man who has will always be given more, till he has enough and to spare; and the man who has not will forfeit even what he has. | ||
| 30 | Fling the useless servant out into the dark, the place of wailing and grinding of teeth!" | ||
| 31 | 'When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, he will sit in state on his throne, | The Judgment of the Nations Mt.25.31-46 (Olivet) - | |
| 32 | with all the nations gathered before him. He will separate men into two groups, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, | ||
| 33 | and he will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. | ||
| 34 | Then the king will say to those on his right hand, "You have my Father's blessing; come, enter and possess the kingdom that has been ready for you since the world was made. | ||
| 35 | For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was a stranger you took me into your home, | ||
| 36 | when naked you clothed me; when I was ill you came to my help, when in prison you visited me." | ||
| 37 | Then the righteous will reply, "Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and fed you, or thirsty and gave you drink, | ||
| 38 | a stranger and took you home, or naked and clothed you? | ||
| 39 | When did we see you ill or in prison, and come to visit you?" | ||
| 40 | And the king will answer, "I tell you this: anything you did for one of my brothers here, however humble, you did for me." | ||
| 41 | Then he will say to those on his left, hand, "The curse is upon you; go from my sight to the eternal fire that is ready for the devil and his angels. | ||
| 42 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat, when thirsty nothing to drink; | ||
| 43 | when I was a stranger you gave me no home, when naked you did not clothe me; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help." | ||
| 44 | And they too will reply, "Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and did nothing for you?" | ||
| 45 | And he will answer, "I tell you this: anything you did not do for one of these, however humble, you did not do for me." | ||
| 46 | And they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous will enter eternal life.' | ||
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