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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 traveling 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 reckoned 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 man 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
the 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 thu 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 hat 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
everylasting 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.
45 And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life
eternal.
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