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25:1  “Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
25:2  And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
25:3  They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
25:4  but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
25:5  While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
25:6  And at midnight there was a cry made: ‘Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.’
25:7  Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
25:8  And the foolish said unto the wise, ‘Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.’
25:9  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.’
25:10  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.
25:11  Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us!’
25:12  But he answered and said, ‘Verily I say unto you, I know you not.’
25:13  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.
25:14  “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.
25:15  And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and straightway tookhis journey.
25:16  Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them another five talents.
25:17  And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two.
25:18  But he that had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
25:19  After a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them.
25:20  And so he that had received five talents came and brought the other five talents, saying, ‘Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents. Behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.’
25:21  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.’
25:22  “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.’
25:23  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.’
25:24  “Then he that had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed.
25:25  And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth. Lo, there thou hast what is thine.’
25:26  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 strewed.
25:27  Thou ought therefore to have placed my money with the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.
25:28  Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath ten talents.
25:29  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.
25:30  And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
25:31  “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.
25:32  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.
25:33  And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
25:34  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.
25:35  For I hungered, and ye gave Me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me in;
25:36  naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye visited Me; I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.’
25:37  Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when saw we Thee hungering and fed Thee, or thirsty and gave Thee drink?
25:38  When saw we Thee a stranger and took Thee in, or naked and clothed Thee?
25:39  Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee?’
25:40  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.’
25:41  “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.
25:42  For I hungered, and ye gave Me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink;
25:43  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.’
25:44  Then shall they also answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when saw we Thee hungering or athirst or a stranger, or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee?’
25:45  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.’
25:46  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.”