35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' 40 "The King will reply, `I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' 41 "Then he will say to those on his left, `Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, `Come, you who are blessed by my Father take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 29 For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. 28 "`Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. See, here is what belongs to you.' 26 "His master replied, `You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. `Master,' he said, `I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. Come and share your master's happiness!' 24 "Then the man who had received the one talent came. `Master,' he said, `you entrusted me with two talents see, I have gained two more.' 23 "His master replied, `Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' 22 "The man with the two talents also came. See, I have gained five more.' 21 "His master replied, `Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things I will put you in charge of many things. `Master,' he said, `you entrusted me with five talents. 20 The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 19 "After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 18 But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. 17 So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. 16 The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. 14 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. `Open the door for us!' 12 "But he replied, `I tell you the truth, I don't know you.' 13 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.' 10 "But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, `Give us some of your oil our lamps are going out.' 9 "`No,' they replied, `there may not be enough for both us and you. 6 "At midnight the cry rang out: `Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' 7 "Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 4 The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. Bible Gateway Matthew 25 :: NIV Matthew 25 1 "At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
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