Then shall
the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth
to meet the bridegroom.
02 And five of them were
wise, and five were foolish.
03 They that were foolish
took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
04 But the wise took oil in
their vessels with their lamps.
05 While the bridegroom
tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
06 And at midnight there
was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go
ye out to meet him.
07 Then all those virgins
arose, and trimmed their lamps.
08 And the foolish said
unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps
are gone out.
09 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:
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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 hungered,
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
hungered, 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 hungered,
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
hungered, 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.
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