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   5 (Mt 24:48; 25:19) While the bridegroom delayed, they all rested and slept.   
   6 "But at midnight there was a cry,   
   'Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'   
   7 (Lk 12:35) "Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.   
   8 (Lk 12:35) But the foolish said to the wise,   
   'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.'   
   9 "The wise answered, 'No, lest there not be enough for us and you.   
   Go rather to those who sell it, and buy some for yourselves.'   
   10 (Lk 13:25) "But while they went to buy some, the bridegroom came,   
   and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet.   
   And the door was shut.   
   11 (Mt 7:21-23) "Afterward, the other virgins came also, saying,   
   'Lord, Lord, open the door for us.'   
   12 (2Ti 2:19) "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'   
   13 (Mt 24:42-44) "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day   
   nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.   
      
   [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.   
      
   The Parable of the Talents   
   Lk 19:11-27   
      
   14 (Mt 21:33; Mk 13:34) "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling   
   into a far country, who called his own servants   
   and entrusted his goods to them.   
   15 (Mt 18:24) To one he gave five talents,   
   (A talent was worth several hundred pounds.)   
   to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his ability.   
   And immediately he took his journey.   
   16 He who had received the five talents went and traded with them   
   and made another five talents.   
   17 So also, he who had received two gained another two.   
   18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground   
   and hid his master's money.   
   19 (Mt 25:5) "After a long time the master of those servants came   
   and settled accounts with them.   
   20 He who had received five talents came and brought the other five talents,   
   saying, 'Master, you entrusted to me five talents.   
   Look, I have gained five talents more.'   
   21 (Mt 24:47; 25:23) "His master said to him, 'Well done, you good   
   and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things.   
   I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master.'   
   22 "He who had received two talents also came and said,   
   'Master, you entrusted me with two talents.   
   See, I have gained two more talents besides them.'   
   23 (Mt 25:21) "His master said to him, 'Well done, you good   
   and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things.   
   I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master.'   
   24 "Then he who had received the one talent came and said,   
   'Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow,   
   and gathering where you did not winnow.   
   25 So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground.   
   Here you have what is yours.'   
   26 (Mt 18:32) "His master answered, 'You wicked and slothful servant!   
   You knew that I reap where I have not sown,   
   and gather where I have not winnowed.   
   27 Then you ought to have given my money to the bankers,   
   and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.   
   28 " 'So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.   
   29 (Mt 13:12; Mk 4:25) For to everyone who has will more be given,   
   and he will have an abundance. But from him who has nothing,   
   even what he has will be taken away.   
   30 (Mt 8:12; 22:13; 13:42) And throw the unprofitable servant   
   into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'   
      
   [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.   
      
   The Judgment of the Nations   
      
   31 (Mt 16:27; 19:28) "When the Son of Man comes in His glory,   
   and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.   
   32 (Mt 13:49; Mal 3:18) Before Him will be gathered all nations, and He will   
   separate them one from another   
   as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.   
   33 (Ps 45:9) He will set the sheep at His right hand,   
   but the goats at the left.   
   34 (Jas 2:5; Lk 12:32) "Then the King will say to those at His right hand,   
   'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you   
   since the foundation of the world.   
   35 (Eze 18:7; 18:16) For I was hungry and you gave Me food,   
      
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