 1 Then the Kingdom of Heaven shall be compared+ to ten virgins who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were wise and five were foolish. 3 Those who 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 At midnight there was a cry: Behold the Bridegroom is coming+. Go out to meet Him. 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish said to the wise: Give us some of your oil for our lamps have gone out. 9 But the wise answered saying: No. Lest there not be enough for us and you. But rather go to those who sell and buy for yourselves. 10 While they went to buy, the Bridegroom came. Those who were ready went in with Him to the marriage and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins also came saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But He answered and said: Truly+ I say to you: I do not know you. 13 Watch, therefore. For you do not know either the day or the hour in which the Son of man is coming. 14 For the Kingdom of Heaven is like+ a man traveling to a far country who called his servants and gave+ his goods to them. 15 To one he gave five talents. To another two. And to another one. To everyone+ according to their several abilities, and then immediately+ took his journey. 16 Then the one who had received the five talents traded with the same and earned+ another five talents. 17 Likewise the one who had received two also gained another two. 18 But the one who had received one talent dug in the earth and hid the lord's money. 19 After a long time, the lord~ of those servants came and examined+ their accounts with them. 20 So the one who had received five talents brought another+ five talents saying: Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold I have gained five talents more. 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. 22 Likewise, the one who had received two talents said: Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold I have gained two more talents. 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. 24 Then the one who had received one talent said: Lord, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not spread+. 25 I was afraid and hid your talent in the earth. Lo there you have what is yours. 26 The lord~ answered and said: You wicked and lazy+ servant. You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I have not spread+. 27 Therefore you should have put my money with the bankers+ and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest+. 28 Therefore take the talent from the lazy+ servant and give it to the one who has ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given and they will have abundance. But from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 30 Cast the unprofitable~ servant into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 When the Son of man comes in His glory and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit upon the throne of His glory. 32 Before Him will be gathered all nations and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. Ezekiel 34:17,20 33 He will set the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at the left. 34 Then the King will say to those at His right hand: Come, you blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 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. Isaiah 58:7 36 I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me. Isaiah 58:7 37 Then the righteous will answer Him saying: Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? Or thirsty and gave you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and took you in? Or naked and clothed you? 39 Or when did we see you sick or in prison and came to you? 40 The King will answer and say to them: Truly+ I say to you: Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me. Proverbs 19:17 41 Then He will also say to them on the left hand: Depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food+. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink. 43 I was a stranger and you did not take me in. Naked and you did not cloth me. Sick and in prison and you did not visit me. 44 Then they will also answer Him saying: Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you? 45 Then He will answer them saying: Truly+ I say to you: Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me. 46 Therefore these shall go away into everlasting punishment. But the righteous into eternal life. Daniel 12:2
|