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