| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"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.' |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"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. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.' |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.' |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.' |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.' |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.' |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.' |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.' |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.' |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30"Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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; |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35For 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; |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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? |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.' |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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; |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43I 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.' |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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?' |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.' |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." |
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