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& ~"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.

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Matt 25:11

& ~"Later the other virgins also came, saying, `Lord, lord, open up for us.'

Matt 25:12

& ~"But he answered, `Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'

Matt 25:13

& ~"Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

Matt 25:14

& "For {it is} just like a man {about} to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

Matt 25:15

& ~"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.

Matt 25:16

& ~"Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.

Matt 25:17

& ~"In the same manner the one who {had received} the two {talents} gained two more.

Matt 25:18

& ~"But he who received the one {talent} went away, and dug {a hole} in the ground and hid his master's money.

Matt 25:19

& "Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.

Matt 25:20

& ~"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.'

Matt 25:21

& ~"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.'

Matt 25:22

& "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.'

Matt 25:23

& ~"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.'

Matt 25:24

& "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.}

Matt 25:25

& ~`And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'

Matt 25:26

& "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.}

Matt 25:27

& ~`Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my {money} back with interest.

Matt 25:28

& ~`Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.'

Matt 25:29

& "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.

Matt 25:30

& ~"Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matt 25:31

& "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

Matt 25:32

& ~"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;

Matt 25:33

& and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

Matt 25:34

& "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.

Matt 25:35

& ~`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;

Matt 25:36

& naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'

Matt 25:37

& ~"Then the righteous will answer Him, `Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You {something} to drink?

Matt 25:38

& ~`And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

Matt 25:39

& ~`When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

Matt 25:40

& ~"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.'

Matt 25:41

& "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;

Matt 25:42

& for I was hungry, and you gave Me {nothing} to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

Matt 25:43

& 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.'

Matt 25:44

& ~"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?'

Matt 25:45

& ~"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.'

Matt 25:46

& ~"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."