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Matthew 25 |
 (25:1-13)
The parable of the five well-oiled virgins
The kingdom of heaven like ten virgins who went to
meet their bridegroom. Five had oil for their lamps and five didn't. When the bridegroom was ready for them, only the five well-oiled virgins
got to have sex with him on their wedding night. He shunned the other five, saying "Get lost, ladies. I don't even know you." The moral to the story is
this: watch out, you never know when (or with whom) Jesus will come.
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(25:1) "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom."
(25:2) "Five of them were wise, and five were foolish."
(25:3) "They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them."
(25:4) "But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."
(25:6) "At midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him."
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Then shall the kingdom
of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went
forth to meet the bridegroom.
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And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
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They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
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But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
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And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye
out to meet him.
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Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
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And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are
gone out.
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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.
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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. |
(25:10) "The bridegroom came; and they that were ready
went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut."
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Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. |
(25:11) "Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us."
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But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you,
I know you not. |
(25:12) "He answered ... I know you not."
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Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh. |
(25:13) "Ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."
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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. |
 (25:14-30) The parable of the cruel and unjust master
The kingdom of heaven is like a rich man who distributed his wealth to his servants while he
traveled. He gave five talents
(a talent was a unit of money, worth about 20 years of a worker's wages) to one servant, two to another, and one to a third. When he returned,
the servant with five talents had made five more, the servant with two made two more, but the
servant with one talent only had the talent his master entrusted to him. The master rewarded the servants that invested
his money (without his permission -- what would have happened if the stock market went down during their master's travels?) and
took the talent from the single-talent servant and gave it to the one with ten talents. "For unto every one that hath shall be given
.. but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." Then the cruel and unjust master cast the servant who
carefully protected his master's talent into the "outer darkness: [where] there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(25:14) "The kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling ... who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods."
(25:15) "Unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one."
(25:16-18) "He that had received the five talents ... made ... five talents.
He that had received two ... gained other two. But he that had received one ... hid his lord's money."
(25:19) "After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them."
(25:20-21) "He that had received five talents ... [said] I have gained ... five talents more.
His lord said ... Well done ... enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
(25:22-23) "He ... that had received two talents ... said ... I have gained two other talents.
His lord said unto him, Well done ... enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
(25:24-25) "Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord ...
there thou hast that is thine."
(25:26-28) "His lord ... said ... Thou wicked and slothful servant ... Take therefore the talent from him,
and give it unto him which hath ten."
(25:29) "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." Jesus will give to those who already have
and take from those who have nothing. He must've been a Republican.
(25:30) "Cast ... the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(25:31-46) Jesus judges the nations.
(25:31) "When the Son of man shall come in his glory ... then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:"
(25:32) "Before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them ... as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats."
(25:33) "He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left."
(25:34) "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand ... inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."
When was heaven created?
 (25:35) "For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in."
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(25:37) "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?"
Has there ever been a righteous person?
 (25:40)
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me."
Quoted by Elizabeth Warren in her 2012 Democratic National Convention speech.
(25:41) "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."
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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.
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Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same,
and made them other five talents.
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And likewise he that had received two, he also
gained other two.
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But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and
hid his
lord's money.
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After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with
them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,
there thou
hast that is thine.
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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:
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Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then
at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
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Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten
talents.
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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.
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And cast ye the
unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with
him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
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And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
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And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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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:
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For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
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Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison,
and ye came unto me.
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Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
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When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
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Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
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And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye
have done it unto me.
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Then shall he say also
unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
me no drink:
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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.
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Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did
not minister unto thee? |
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Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. |
(25:46) "These shall go away into everlasting punishment."
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And these shall go
away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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