Matthew :   Chapter 25 
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25:1   Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which 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 travelling 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 took his journey. 

25:16   Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 

25:17   And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 

25:18   But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 

25:19   After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 

25:20   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. 

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 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: 

25:25   And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that 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 strawed: 

25:27   Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 

25:28   Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which 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 was an hungred, 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 an hungred, 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 was an hungred, 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 an hungred, 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. 