Matthew 25:21-46 ▼

21 And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.

22 And he also, who received the two talents, having come, said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents; behold, I gained two other talents besides them.

23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.

24 And he also who has received the one talent, having come, said, Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering from where you did not scatter;

25 and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have your own!

26 And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, you had known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather from where I did not scatter!

27 It was necessary [for] you then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received my own with increase.

28 Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,

29 for to everyone having will be given, and he will have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he has will be taken from him;

30 and cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

31 And whenever the Son of Man may come in His glory, and all the holy messengers with Him, then He will sit on a throne of His glory;

32 and all the nations will be gathered together before Him, and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

33 and He will set the sheep indeed on His right hand, and the goats on the left.

34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, the blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

35 for I hungered, and you gave Me to eat; I thirsted, and you gave Me to drink; I was a stranger, and you received Me;

36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you looked after Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.

37 Then will the righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungering, and we nourished? Or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

38 And when did we see You a stranger, and we received? Or naked, and we clothed?

39 And when did we see You ailing or in prison, and we came to You?

40 And the King answering, will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did [it] to one of these My brothers—the least—you did [it] to Me.

41 Then will He say also to those on the left hand, Go from Me, the cursed, into the continuous fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

42 for I hungered, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I thirsted, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

43 I was a stranger, and you did not receive Me; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick and in prison, and you did not look after Me.

44 Then they will answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and we did not minister to You?

45 Then will He answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did [it] not to one of these, the least, you did [it] not to Me.

46 And these will go away into continuous punishment, but the righteous into continuous life.”