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| "Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. | |
| "Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. | |
| "For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, | |
| but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. | |
| "Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and {began} to sleep. | |
| "But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet {him.}' | |
| "Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. | |
| "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' | |
| "But the prudent answered, 'No, there will not be enough for us and you {too;} go instead to the dealers and buy {some} for yourselves.' | |
| "And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. | |
| "Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.' | |
| "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.' | |
| "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. | |
| "For {it is} just like a man {about} to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them. | |
| "To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. | |
| "Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents. | |
| "In the same manner the one who {had received} the two {talents} gained two more. | |
| "But he who received the one {talent} went away, and dug {a hole} in the ground and hid his master's money. | |
| "Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them. | |
| "The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.' | |
| "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' | |
| "Also the one who {had received} the two talents came up and said, 'Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more talents.' | |
| "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' | |
| "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no {seed.} | |
| 'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.' | |
| "But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no {seed.} | |
| 'Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my {money} back with interest. | |
| 'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.' | |
| "For to everyone who has, {more} shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. | |
| "Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. | |
| "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. | |
| "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; | |
| and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. | |
| "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. | |
| '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; | |
| naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' | |
| "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You {something} to drink? | |
| 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? | |
| 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' | |
| "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, {even} the least {of them,} you did it to Me.' | |
| "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; | |
| for I was hungry, and you gave Me {nothing} to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; | |
| I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.' | |
| "Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?' | |
| "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' | |
| "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." |
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