Matthew 25
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins
1#Mt 13:24; 22:2#“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were wise and five were foolish. 3Those who were foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them. 4But the wise took jars of oil with their lamps. 5#Mt 24:48; 25:19While the bridegroom delayed, they all rested and slept.
6“But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’
7#Lk 12:35“Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8#Lk 12:35But the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.’
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.’
10#Lk 13:25“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.
11#Mt 7:21–23“Afterward, the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us.’
12#2Ti 2:19“But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’
13#Mt 24:42–44“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
The Parable of the Talents
Lk 19:11–27
14#Mt 21:33; Mk 13:34“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. 15#Mt 18:24To one he gave five talents,#A talent was worth several hundred pounds. to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his ability. And immediately he took his journey. 16He who had received the five talents went and traded with them and made another five talents. 17So also, he who had received two gained another two. 18But he who had received one went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19#Mt 25:5“After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20He 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.’
21#Mt 24:47; 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.’
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.’
23#Mt 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.’
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. 25So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’
26#Mt 18:32“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. 27Then you ought to have given my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
28“ ‘So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 29#Mt 13:12; Mk 4:25For 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. 30#Mt 8:12; 22:13; 13:42And throw the unprofitable servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
The Judgment of the Nations
31#Mt 16:27; 19:28“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. 32#Mt 13:49; Mal 3:18Before Him will be gathered all nations, and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats. 33#Ps 45:9He will set the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at the left.
34#Jas 2:5; Lk 12:32“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. 35#Eze 18:7; 18:16For 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. 36#Jas 1:27; Heb 10:34I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39And when did we see You sick or in prison and come to You?’
40#Mt 10:42; Pr 19:17“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.’
41#Mt 7:23; 2Pe 2:4“Then He will say to those at the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink, 43I 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.’
44“Then they also will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not serve You?’
45#Pr 14:31; 17:5“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.’
46#Jn 5:29; Da 12:2; Jn 3:36“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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Matthew 25
25
1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: 4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out. 9But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
14For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey. 16Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents. 17In like manner he also that received the two gained other two. 18But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. 19Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them. 20And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents. 21His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. 23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; 25and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. 26But 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 did not scatter; 27thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. 28Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. 29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. 30And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
31But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; 33and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34Then 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: 35for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me. 41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: 42for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 46And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
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