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Matthew - ch 25 v 21 - 40
- "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'
- "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
- I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'
- "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
- You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
- Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
- For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.
- Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
- "But 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.
- Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
- Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
- I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.'
- "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
- When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?
- When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
- "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers1, you did it to me.'
- The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
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