Chapter 25
25:1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew
25:2 Five of them were wise and five were foolish.
25:3 Those who were foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them.
25:4 But the wise took jars of oil with their lamps.
25:5 While the bridegroom delayed, they all rested and slept.
25:6 “But at midnight there was a cry, “Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!”
25:7 “Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
25:8 But the foolish said to the wise, “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.”
25:9 “The wise answered, “No, lest there not be enough for us and you. Go rather to those who sell it, and buy some for yourselves.”
25:10 “But while they went to buy some, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
25:11 “Afterward, the other virgins came also, saying, “Master, Master, open the door for us.”
25:12 “But he answered, “Truly I say to you, I do not know you.”
25:13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
25:14 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.
25:15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his ability. And immediately he took his journey.
25:16 He who had received the five talents went and traded with them and made another five talents.
25:17 So also, he who had received two gained another two.
25:18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
25:19 “After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
25:20 He who had received five talents came and brought the other five talents, saying, “Master, you entrusted to me five talents. Look, I have gained five talents more.”
25:21 “His master said to him, “Well done, you good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master.”
25:22 “He who had received two talents also came and said, “Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more talents besides them.”
25:23 “His master said to him, “Well done, you good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master.”
25:24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, “Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow.
25:25 So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.”
25:26 “His master answered, “You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not winnowed.
25:27 Then you ought to have given my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
25:28 “ “So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
25:29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
25:30 And throw the unprofitable servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
25:31 “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 will be gathered all nations, and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
25:33 He will set the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at the left.
25:34 “Then the King will say to those at His right hand, “Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
25:35 For I was hungry and you gave Me food, 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, “Master, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?
25:38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
25:39 And when did we see You sick or in prison and come to You?”
25:40 “The King will answer, “Truly I say to you, as you have done it for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you have done it for Me.”
25:41 “Then He will say to those at the left hand, “Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
25:42 For I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink,
25:43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.”
25:44 “Then they also will answer Him, “Master, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not serve You?”
25:45 “He will answer, “Truly I say to you, as you did it not for one of the least of these, you did it not for Me.”
25:46 “And they will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.”