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The Good News According to Matthew, Chapter 25
{25:1} "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who
took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. {25:2} Five of
them were foolish, and five were wise. {25:3} Those who were foolish,
when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, {25:4} but the wise
took oil in their vessels with their lamps. {25:5} Now while the
bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. {25:6} But at
midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out
to meet him!' {25:7} Then all those virgins arose, and [1>]trimmed
their lamps.[<1] {25:8} The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some
of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' {25:9} But the wise
answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go
rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' {25:10} While they
went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went
in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. {25:11}
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to
us.' {25:12} But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know
you.' {25:13} Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour
in which the Son of Man is coming.
{25:14} "For it is like a man, going into another country, who
called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. {25:15} To
one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each
according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey. {25:16}
Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with
them, and made another five talents. {25:17} In the same way, he also
who got the two gained another two. {25:18} But he who received the
one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
{25:19} "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and
reconciled accounts with them. {25:20} He who received the five
talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you
delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five
talents besides them.'
{25:21} "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful
servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over
many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
{25:22} "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you
delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents
besides them.'
{25:23} "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful
servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over
many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
{25:24} "He also who had received the one talent came and said,
'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not
sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. {25:25} I was afraid,
and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what
is yours.'
{25:26} "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful
servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I
didn't scatter. {25:27} You ought therefore to have deposited my money
with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own
with interest. {25:28} Take away therefore the talent from him, and
give it to him who has the ten talents. {25:29} For to everyone who
has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who
doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away. {25:30} Throw
out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
{25:31} "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the
holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
{25:32} Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will
separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from
the goats. {25:33} He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the left. {25:34} Then the King will tell those on his right
hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world; {25:35} for I was hungry, and
you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a
stranger, and you took me in. {25:36} I was naked, and you clothed me.
I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.'
{25:37} "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did
we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
{25:38} When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked,
and clothe you? {25:39} When did we see you sick, or in prison, and
come to you?'
{25:40} "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you,
inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my
[2>]brothers[<2], you did it to me.' {25:41} Then he will say also to
those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal
fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; {25:42} for I was
hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you
gave me no drink; {25:43} I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in;
naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't
visit me.'
{25:44} "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see
you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and didn't help you?'
{25:45} "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell
you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you
didn't do it to me.' {25:46} These will go away into eternal
punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
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Footnotes:
[1] {25:7} The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off
periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits.
The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and
gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.
[2] {25:40} The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
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