King James VersionMatthew25

Matthew

1 Then shall the king­dom of heav­en be likened unto ten vir­gins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bride­groom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were fool­ish. 3 They that were fool­ish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their ves­sels with their lamps. 5 While the bride­groom tar­ried, they all slum­bered and slept. 6 And at mid­night there was a cry made, Be­hold, the bride­groom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those vir­gins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the fool­ish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 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. 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. 11 Af­ter­ward came also the oth­er vir­gins, say­ing, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he an­swered and said, Ver­i­ly I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch there­fore, for ye know nei­ther the day nor the hour where­in the Son of man cometh. 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. 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. 16 Then he that had re­ceived the five tal­ents went and trad­ed with the same, and made them oth­er five tal­ents. 17 And like­wise he that had received two, he also gained oth­er two. 18 But he that had re­ceived one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's mon­ey. 19 Af­ter a long time the lord of those ser­vants cometh, and reck­oneth with them. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy tal­ent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 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: 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. 28 Take there­fore the tal­ent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten tal­ents. 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. 30 And cast ye the un­prof­itable ser­vant into out­er dark­ness: there shall be weep­ing and gnash­ing of teeth. 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: 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: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 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: 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: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye vis­it­ed me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righ­teous an­swer him, say­ing, Lord, when saw we thee an hun­gred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 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. 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: 42 For I was an hun­gred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 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. 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? 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. 46 And these shall go away into ev­er­last­ing pun­ish­ment: but the righ­teous into life eter­nal.