Matthew Chapter 25
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his talk.
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And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
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Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?
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But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?
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Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a denarius.
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And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
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They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
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And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.
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On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him,
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saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;
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in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
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And after them all, the woman died.
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In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
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But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
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For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.
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But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
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I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not
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the God of the dead, but of the living.
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And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
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But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.
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And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:
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Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
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And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
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This is the great and first commandment.
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And a second like
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unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
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On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
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saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him,
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The son of David.
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He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
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The Lord said unto my Lord,
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Sit thou on my right hand,
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Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet?
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If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son?
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And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,
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saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:
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all things therefore whatsoever they bid you,
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these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.
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Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
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But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders
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of their garments,
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and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
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And five of them were prudent and five foolish.
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They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
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but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
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Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
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But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
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Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.
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And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.
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But the prudent answered saying, [We cannot,] lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.
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But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the [ones that were] ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
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Afterwards come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us;
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but he answering said, Verily I say unto you, I do not know you.
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Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
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For [it is] as [if] a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.
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And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his particular ability, and immediately went away out of the country.
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And he that had received the five talents went and trafficked with them, and made five other talents.
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In like manner also he that [had received] the two, [he also] gained two others.
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But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
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And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
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And he that had received the five talents came to [him] and brought five other talents, saying, [My] lord, thou deliveredst me five talents; behold, I have gained five other talents besides them.
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His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.
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And he also that had received the two talents came to [him] and said, [My] lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.
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His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
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And he also that had received the one talent coming to [him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,
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and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
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And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;
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thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.
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Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:
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for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him.
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And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,
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and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
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and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on [his] left.
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Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [the] world's foundation:
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for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
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naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
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Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink?
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and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
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and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?
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And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
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Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
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I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.
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Then shall they also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
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Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.
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And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Tunc simile erit regnum cælorum decem virginibus: quæ accipientes lampades suas exierunt obviam sponso, et sponsæ.
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Quinque autem ex eis erant fatuæ, et quinque prudentes:
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sed quinque fatuæ, acceptis lampadibus, non sumpserunt oleum secum:
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prudentes vero acceperunt oleum in vasis suis cum lampadibus.
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Moram autem faciente sponso, dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt.
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Media autem nocte clamor factus est: Ecce sponsus venit, exite obviam ei.
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Tunc surrexerunt omnes virgines illæ, et ornaverunt lampades suas.
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Fatuæ autem sapientibus dixerunt: Date nobis de oleo vestro: quia lampades nostræ extinguuntur.
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Responderunt prudentes, dicentes: Ne forte non sufficiat nobis, et vobis, ite potius ad vendentes, et emite vobis.
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Dum autem irent emere, venit sponsus: et quæ paratæ erant, intraverunt cum eo ad nuptias, et clausa est ianua.
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Novissime vero veniunt et reliquæ virgines, dicentes: Domine, domine, aperi nobis.
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At ille respondens, ait: Amen dico vobis, nescio vos.
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Vigilate itaque, quia nescitis diem, neque horam.
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Sicut enim homo peregre proficiscens, vocavit servos suos, et tradidit illis bona sua.
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Et uni dedit quinque talenta, alii autem duo, alii vero unum, unicuique secundum propriam virtutem, et profectus est statim.
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Abiit autem qui quinque talenta acceperat, et operatus est in eis, et lucratus est alia quinque.
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Similiter et qui duo acceperat, lucratus est alia duo.
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Qui autem unum acceperat, abiens fodit in terram, et abscondit pecuniam domini sui.
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Post multum vero temporis venit dominus servorum illorum, et posuit rationem cum eis.
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Et accedens qui quinque talenta acceperat, obtulit alia quinque talenta, dicens: Domine, quinque talenta tradidisti mihi, ecce alia quinque superlucratus sum.
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Ait illi dominus eius: Euge serve bone, et fidelis, quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam, intra in gaudium domini tui.
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Accessit autem et qui duo talenta acceperat, et ait: Domine, duo talenta tradidisti mihi, ecce alia duo lucratus sum.
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Ait illi dominus eius: Euge serve bone, et fidelis, quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam, intra in gaudium domini tui.
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Accedens autem et qui unum talentum acceperat, ait: Domine, scio quia homo durus es, metis ubi non seminasti, et congregas ubi non sparsisti:
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et timens abii, et abscondi talentum tuum in terra: ecce habes quod tuum est.
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Respondens autem dominus eius, dixit ei: Serve male, et piger, sciebas quia meto ubi non semino, et congrego ubi non sparsi:
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oportuit ergo te committere pecuniam meam numulariis, et veniens ego recepissem utique quod meum est cum usura.
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Tollite itaque ab eo talentum, et date ei, qui habet decem talenta.
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omni enim habenti dabitur, et abundabit: ei autem, qui non habet, et quod videtur habere, auferetur ab eo.
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Et inutilem servum eiicite in tenebras exteriores: illic erit fletus, et stridor dentium.
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Cum autem venerit Filius hominis in maiestate sua, et omnes angeli cum eo, tunc sedebit super sedem maiestatis suæ:
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et congregabuntur ante eum omnes gentes, et separabit eos ab invicem, sicut pastor segregat oves ab hœdis:
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et statuet oves quidem a dextris suis, hœdos autem a sinistris.
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Tunc dicet rex his, qui a dextris eius erunt: Venite benedicti Patris mei, possidete paratum vobis regnum a constitutione mundi.
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esurivi enim, et dedistis mihi manducare: sitivi, et dedistis mihi bibere: hospes eram, et collegistis me:
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nudus, et cooperuistis me: infirmus, et visitastis me: in carcere eram, et venistis ad me.
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Tunc respondebunt ei iusti, dicentes: Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem, et pavimus te: sitientem, et dedimus tibi potum?
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quando autem te vidimus hospitem, et collegimus te: aut nudum, et cooperuimus te?
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aut quando te vidimus infirmum: aut in carcere, et venimus ad te?
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Et respondens rex, dicet illis: Amen dico vobis, quamdiu fecistis uni ex his fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis.
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Tunc dicet et his, qui a sinistris erunt: Discedite a me maledicti in ignem æternum, qui paratus est diabolo, et angelis eius.
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esurivi enim, et non dedistis mihi manducare: sitivi, et non desistis mihi potum:
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hospes eram, et non collegistis me: nudus, et non cooperuistis me: infirmus, et in carcere, et non visitastis me.
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Tunc respondebunt ei et ipsi, dicentes: Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem, aut sitientem, aut hospitem, aut nudum, aut infirmum, aut in carcere, et non ministravimus tibi?
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Tunc respondebit illis dicens: Amen dico vobis: Quamdiu non fecistis uni de minoribus his, nec mihi fecistis.
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Et ibunt hi in supplicium æternum: iusti autem in vitam æternam.
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“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
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Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
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Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
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but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
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But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’
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Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
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The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
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But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’
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While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
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Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’
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But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
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Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
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“For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.
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To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.
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Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
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In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.
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But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
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“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them.
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He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents in addition to them.’
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“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
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“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.’
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“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
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“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow, and gathering where you didn’t scatter.
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I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’
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“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
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You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
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Take away therefore the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.
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For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.
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Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
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Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
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He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
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for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
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I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
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“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?
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When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?
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When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
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“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
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Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
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for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
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I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
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“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’
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“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’
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These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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τοτε ομοιωθησεται η βασιλεια των ουρανων δεκα παρθενοις αιτινες λαβουσαι τας λαμπαδας εαυτων εξηλθον εις υπαντησιν του νυμφιου
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πεντε δε εξ αυτων ησαν μωραι και πεντε φρονιμοι
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αι γαρ μωραι λαβουσαι τας λαμπαδας [αυτων] ουκ ελαβον μεθ εαυτων ελαιον
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αι δε φρονιμοι ελαβον ελαιον εν τοις αγγειοις μετα των λαμπαδων εαυτων
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χρονιζοντος δε του νυμφιου ενυσταξαν πασαι και εκαθευδον
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μεσης δε νυκτος κραυγη γεγονεν ιδου ο νυμφιος εξερχεσθε εις απαντησιν
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τοτε ηγερθησαν πασαι αι παρθενοι εκειναι και εκοσμησαν τας λαμπαδας εαυτων
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αι δε μωραι ταις φρονιμοις ειπαν δοτε ημιν εκ του ελαιου υμων οτι αι λαμπαδες ημων σβεννυνται
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απεκριθησαν δε αι φρονιμοι λεγουσαι μηποτε ου μη αρκεση ημιν και υμιν πορευεσθε μαλλον προς τους πωλουντας και αγορασατε εαυταις
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απερχομενων δε αυτων αγορασαι ηλθεν ο νυμφιος και αι ετοιμοι εισηλθον μετ αυτου εις τους γαμους και εκλεισθη η θυρα
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υστερον δε ερχονται και αι λοιπαι παρθενοι λεγουσαι κυριε κυριε ανοιξον ημιν
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ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αμην λεγω υμιν ουκ οιδα υμας
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γρηγορειτε ουν οτι ουκ οιδατε την ημεραν ουδε την ωραν
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ωσπερ γαρ ανθρωπος αποδημων εκαλεσεν τους ιδιους δουλους και παρεδωκεν αυτοις τα υπαρχοντα αυτου
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και ω μεν εδωκεν πεντε ταλαντα ω δε δυο ω δε εν εκαστω κατα την ιδιαν δυναμιν και απεδημησεν ευθεως
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πορευθεις ο τα πεντε ταλαντα λαβων ηργασατο εν αυτοις και εκερδησεν αλλα πεντε
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ωσαυτως ο τα δυο εκερδησεν αλλα δυο
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ο δε το εν λαβων απελθων ωρυξεν γην και εκρυψεν το αργυριον του κυριου αυτου
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μετα δε πολυν χρονον ερχεται ο κυριος των δουλων εκεινων και συναιρει λογον μετ αυτων
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και προσελθων ο τα πεντε ταλαντα λαβων προσηνεγκεν αλλα πεντε ταλαντα λεγων κυριε πεντε ταλαντα μοι παρεδωκας ιδε αλλα πεντε ταλαντα εκερδησα
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εφη αυτω ο κυριος αυτου ευ δουλε αγαθε και πιστε επι ολιγα ης πιστος επι πολλων σε καταστησω εισελθε εις την χαραν του κυριου σου
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προσελθων και ο τα δυο ταλαντα ειπεν κυριε δυο ταλαντα μοι παρεδωκας ιδε αλλα δυο ταλαντα εκερδησα
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εφη αυτω ο κυριος αυτου ευ δουλε αγαθε και πιστε επι ολιγα ης πιστος επι πολλων σε καταστησω εισελθε εις την χαραν του κυριου σου
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προσελθων δε και ο το εν ταλαντον ειληφως ειπεν κυριε εγνων σε οτι σκληρος ει ανθρωπος θεριζων οπου ουκ εσπειρας και συναγων οθεν ου διεσκορπισας
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και φοβηθεις απελθων εκρυψα το ταλαντον σου εν τη γη ιδε εχεις το σον
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αποκριθεις δε ο κυριος αυτου ειπεν αυτω πονηρε δουλε και οκνηρε ηδεις οτι θεριζω οπου ουκ εσπειρα και συναγω οθεν ου διεσκορπισα
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εδει σε ουν βαλειν τα αργυρια μου τοις τραπεζιταις και ελθων εγω εκομισαμην αν το εμον συν τοκω
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αρατε ουν απ αυτου το ταλαντον και δοτε τω εχοντι τα δεκα ταλαντα
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τω γαρ εχοντι παντι δοθησεται και περισσευθησεται του δε μη εχοντος και ο εχει αρθησεται απ αυτου
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και τον αχρειον δουλον εκβαλετε εις το σκοτος το εξωτερον εκει εσται ο κλαυθμος και ο βρυγμος των οδοντων
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οταν δε ελθη ο υιος του ανθρωπου εν τη δοξη αυτου και παντες οι αγγελοι μετ αυτου τοτε καθισει επι θρονου δοξης αυτου
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και συναχθησονται εμπροσθεν αυτου παντα τα εθνη και αφορισει αυτους απ αλληλων ωσπερ ο ποιμην αφοριζει τα προβατα απο των εριφων
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και στησει τα μεν προβατα εκ δεξιων αυτου τα δε εριφια εξ ευωνυμων
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τοτε ερει ο βασιλευς τοις εκ δεξιων αυτου δευτε οι ευλογημενοι του πατρος μου κληρονομησατε την ητοιμασμενην υμιν βασιλειαν απο καταβολης κοσμου
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επεινασα γαρ και εδωκατε μοι φαγειν εδιψησα και εποτισατε με ξενος ημην και συνηγαγετε με
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γυμνος και περιεβαλετε με ησθενησα και επεσκεψασθε με εν φυλακη ημην και ηλθατε προς με
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τοτε αποκριθησονται αυτω οι δικαιοι λεγοντες κυριε ποτε σε ειδαμεν πεινωντα και εθρεψαμεν η διψωντα και εποτισαμεν
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ποτε δε σε ειδαμεν ξενον και συνηγαγομεν η γυμνον και περιεβαλομεν
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ποτε δε σε ειδομεν ασθενουντα η εν φυλακη και ηλθομεν προς σε
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και αποκριθεις ο βασιλευς ερει αυτοις αμην λεγω υμιν εφ οσον εποιησατε ενι τουτων των αδελφων μου των ελαχιστων εμοι εποιησατε
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τοτε ερει και τοις εξ ευωνυμων πορευεσθε απ εμου κατηραμενοι εις το πυρ το αιωνιον το ητοιμασμενον τω διαβολω και τοις αγγελοις αυτου
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επεινασα γαρ και ουκ εδωκατε μοι φαγειν [και] εδιψησα και ουκ εποτισατε με
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ξενος ημην και ου συνηγαγετε με γυμνος και ου περιεβαλετε με ασθενης και εν φυλακη και ουκ επεσκεψασθε με
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τοτε αποκριθησονται και αυτοι λεγοντες κυριε ποτε σε ειδομεν πεινωντα η διψωντα η ξενον η γυμνον η ασθενη η εν φυλακη και ου διηκονησαμεν σοι
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τοτε αποκριθησεται αυτοις λεγων αμην λεγω υμιν εφ οσον ουκ εποιησατε ενι τουτων των ελαχιστων ουδε εμοι εποιησατε
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και απελευσονται ουτοι εις κολασιν αιωνιον οι δε δικαιοι εις ζωην αιωνιον
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`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;
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and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;
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they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;
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and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.
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`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,
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and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.
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`Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,
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and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;
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and the prudent answered, saying--Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves.
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`And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;
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and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;
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and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.
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`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
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`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,
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and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.
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`And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;
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in like manner also he who <FI>received<Fi> the two, he gained, also he, other two;
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and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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`And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;
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and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.
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`And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.
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`And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them.
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`His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.
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`And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;
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and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!
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`And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!
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it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.
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`Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,
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for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him;
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and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
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`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;
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and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,
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and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.
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`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
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for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;
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naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.
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`Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?
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and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?
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and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?
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`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .
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Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;
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for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;
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a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.
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`Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?
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`Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> not to one of these, the least, ye did <FI>it<Fi> not to me.
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And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).