Mat 25 | ABEn | STEP | Then shall be likened the kingdom of the heavens to ten virgins, the ones who having taken their lamps went forth to meet the groom.

Matthew 25

CHAPTER 25 The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1 Then shall be likened the kingdom of the heavens to ten virgins, the ones who having taken their lamps went forth to meet the groom. 2 And five [³were ¹of ¹them] practical, and the five moronish. 3 The ones who were moronish, having taken their lamps, did not take [²with ³themselves ¹oil]. 4 But the practical took oil in their receptacles with their lamps. 5 [⁴passing time ¹But ²the ³groom], they all slumbered and slept. 6 And in the middle of the night a cry came, Behold, the groom comes, go forth to meet him! 7 Then arose all those virgins, and they trimmed their lamps. 8 And the moronish [²to the ³practical ¹said], Give to us from your oil! for our lamps are extinguishing. 9 [⁴answered ¹And ²the ³practical], saying, No, lest at any time it should not be sufficient to us and to you; but you go rather to the ones selling, and buy for yourselves. 10 [³going forth ¹And ²of their] to buy, [³came ¹the ²groom]; and the ones prepared entered with him unto the wedding feasts; and [³was locked ¹the ²door]. 11 And afterwards came also the remaining virgins, saying, O Master, O Master, open to us! 12 And he answering said, Amen I say to you, I do not know you. 13 Be vigilant then! for you know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes.

The Parable of the Talents

14 For as a man traveling abroad called his own servants, and delivered up to them his possessions. 15 And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and he traveled abroad immediately. 16 And having gone, the one [²the ³five ⁴talents ¹receiving] worked with them, and made another five talents. 17 Likewise also the one receiving the two, he gained himself also another two. 18 And the [²the ³one ¹one receiving], having gone forth dug in the ground, and concealed the money of his master. 19 And after [²time ¹a long] came the master of those servants. And he takes up a reckoning with them. 20 And having come forward the one [²the ³five ⁴talents ¹receiving], brought another five talents, saying, O Master, five talents to me you delivered; see, another five talents I gained besides them! 21 [³said ¹And ⁴to him ²his master], Well done, O [⁴servant ¹good ²and ³trustworthy], over a few things you were trustworthy, over many I will place you; enter into the joy of your master! 22 And coming forward also the one [²the ³two ⁴talents ¹receiving], said, O Master, two talents you delivered up to me; see, another two talents I gained besides them! 23 [²said ³to him ¹And his master], Well done, O [⁴servant ¹good ²and ³trustworthy], over a few things you were trustworthy, over many I will place you; enter into the joy of your master! 24 And having come forward also the one [²the ³one ⁴talent ¹having taken], said, O Master, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you sowed not, and gathering from where you dispersed not. 25 And fearing, having gone forth, I hid your talent in the ground; see, you have yours! 26 And responding his master said to him, O Wicked [³servant ¹and ²lazy], you knew that I harvest where I sowed not, and gather from where I dispersed not. 27 It was necessary then for you to put my money with the bankers; and coming I be delivered whatever was mine with interest. 28 Take then from him the talent, and give it to the one having the ten talents! 29 For to every one having shall be given, and shall abound; but from the one not having, even what he has shall be taken from him. 30 And [²the ³useless ⁴servant ¹cast out] into [²darkness ¹outer]! There, there will be the weeping and gnashing of the teeth. 31 And whenever comes the son of man in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.

The Sheep Separated from the Goats

32 And he shall gather together before him all the nations, and he will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the kids of the goats. 33 And he will set the [²indeed ¹sheep] on his right, and the little kids on his left. 34 Then [³shall say ¹the ²king] to the ones on his right, Come, O ones being blessed of my father, inherit the [²being prepared ³for you ¹kingdom] from the founding of the world! 35 For I hungered, and you gave me to eat; I thirsted, and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger, and you brought me in; 36 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; [²in ³prison ¹I was], and you came to me. 37 Then [³will answer ⁴to him ¹the ²righteous], saying, O Master, when did we see you hungering, and we nourished you; or thirsting, and we gave you a drink? 38 And when did we behold you a stranger, and brought you in? or naked, and we clothed you? 39 And when did we behold you sick or in prison, and we came to you? 40 And answering the king shall say to them, Amen I say to you, in as much as you did to one of these [³of my brethren ¹the ²least] you did to me. 41 Then he will say also to the ones on his left, Go from me! O ones being cursed into the [²fire ¹eternal], the one having been prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I hungered, and you did not give to me to eat; I thirsted, and you did not give me a drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you did not bring me in; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit me. 44 Then [²will answer ³to him ¹they also], saying, O Master, when did we behold you hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and we did not serve to you? 45 Then he will answer to them, saying, Amen I say to you, if as much as you did not do to one [³of these ¹of the ²least], not even to me did you do. 46 And these shall go forth unto [²punishment ¹eternal]; but the righteous unto life eternal.