Matthew 25:20-46 ▼

20 And he having received the five talents, having come near, brought the other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst me five talents: and I have gained other five talents.

21 And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant: thou west faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord.

22 And he also having received the two talents, having come near said, Lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; see, I gained two other talents to them.

23 His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord.

24 And he also having received one talent, having come near, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou sowedst not, and gathering where thou scatteredst not:

25 And having been afraid, having gone away, I concealed thy talent in the earth; see, thou hast thine own.

26 And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not:

27 Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money-changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest.

28 Therefore take the talent away from him, and give him having ten talents.

29 For to every one having shall be given, and he shall be in abundance: and from him not having, also what he has shall be taken away from him.

30 And cast ye the useless servant into darkness without; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.

31 And when the Son of man should come in his glory, and all his holy messengers with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the kids.

33 And he shall set the sheep from his right, and the kids from his left.

34 Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye brought me in:

36 Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.

37 Then shall the just answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished or thirsting, and gave to drink.

38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and brought in or naked, and put around.

39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee?

40 And the king having answered, will say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me.

41 Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers:

42 For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

43 I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me.

44 Then shall they answer him, they also saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and attended not to thee?

45 Then shall he answer them saying, Inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: and the just into eternal life.