| 1 | Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. |
| 2 | And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. |
| 3 | For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: |
| 4 | but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. |
| 5 | Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. |
| 6 | But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth 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 going out. |
| 9 | But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. |
| 10 | And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: 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 not the day nor the hour. |
| 14 | For [it is] as [when] a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. |
| 15 | And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey. |
| 16 | Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents. |
| 17 | In like manner he also that [received] the two gained other two. |
| 18 | But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. |
| 19 | Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them. |
| 20 | And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents. |
| 21 | His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. |
| 22 | And he also that [received] the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. |
| 23 | His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. |
| 24 | And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; |
| 25 | and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. |
| 26 | But 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 did not scatter; |
| 27 | thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. |
| 28 | Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. |
| 29 | For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. |
| 30 | And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. |
| 31 | But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: |
| 32 | and before him shall be gathered all the nations: 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 the left. |
| 34 | Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed 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 drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; |
| 36 | naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. |
| 37 | Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? |
| 38 | And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? |
| 39 | And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? |
| 40 | And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me. |
| 41 | Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: |
| 42 | for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; |
| 43 | I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. |
| 44 | Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? |
| 45 | Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. |
| 46 | And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life. |