| 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. | |
| 2 And five of them were foolish, and five wise. | |
| 3 But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them: | |
| 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps. | |
| 5 And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept. | |
| 6 And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him. | |
| 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. | |
| 8 And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. | |
| 9 The wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. | |
| 10 Now whilst 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 But at last come also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. | |
| 12 But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not. | |
| 13 Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour. | |
| 14 For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods; | |
| 15 And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey. | |
| 16 And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five. | |
| 17 And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two. | |
| 18 But he that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, and hid his lord's money. | |
| 19 But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them. | |
| 20 And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have gained other five over and above. | |
| 21 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. | |
| 22 And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two. | |
| 23 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. | |
| 24 But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed. | |
| 25 And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine. | |
| 26 And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed: | |
| 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. | |
| 28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. | |
| 29 For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away. | |
| 30 And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. | |
| 31 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. | |
| 32 And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: | |
| 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. | |
| 34 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. | |
| 35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in: | |
| 36 Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me. | |
| 37 Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink? | |
| 38 And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee? | |
| 39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? | |
| 40 And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. | |
| 41 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels. | |
| 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink. | |
| 43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me. | |
| 44 Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? | |
| 45 Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me. | |
| 46 And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting. | |
