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		Matt 25:1 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
		Matt 25:2 "Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.
		Matt 25:3 "For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,
		Matt 25:4 but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
		Matt 25:5 "Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.
		Matt 25:6 "But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
		Matt 25:7 "Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
		Matt 25:8 "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
		Matt 25:9 "But the prudent answered, 'No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'
		Matt 25:10 "And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.
		Matt 25:11 "Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'
		Matt 25:12 "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'
		Matt 25:13 "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
		Matt 25:14 ¶ "For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
		Matt 25:15 "To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.
		Matt 25:16 "Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.
		Matt 25:17 "In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more.
		Matt 25:18 "But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
		Matt 25:19 ¶ "Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.
		Matt 25:20 "The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.'
		Matt 25:21 "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
		Matt 25:22 ¶ "Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said, 'Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more talents.'
		Matt 25:23 "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
		Matt 25:24 ¶ "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.
		Matt 25:25 'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'
		Matt 25:26 ¶ "But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.
		Matt 25:27 'Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
		Matt 25:28 'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.'
		Matt 25:29 ¶ "For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.
		Matt 25:30 "Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
		Matt 25:31 ¶ "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
		Matt 25:32 "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
		Matt 25:33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
		Matt 25:34 ¶ "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
		Matt 25:35 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
		Matt 25:36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
		Matt 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
		Matt 25:38 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
		Matt 25:39 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
		Matt 25:40 "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
		Matt 25:41 ¶ "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
		Matt 25:42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
		Matt 25:43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
		Matt 25:44 "Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
		Matt 25:45 "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
		Matt 25:46 "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

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