Verse 1
Matthew 25:1
Darby Translation
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Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Original Language Text
greek
Τότε ὁμοιωθήσεται ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν δέκα παρθένοις, αἵτινες λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας ⸀ἑαυτῶν ἐξῆλθον εἰς ⸀ὑπάντησιν τοῦ νυμφίου.
English Translation
Then the kingdom of heaven will be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
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Chapter 25 Context
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Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, w...
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And five of them were prudent and five foolish.
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They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
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but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
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Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
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But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
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Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.
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And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.
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But the prudent answered saying, [We cannot,] lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rathe...
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But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the [ones that were] ready went in with him t...
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Afterwards come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us;
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but he answering said, Verily I say unto you, I do not know you.
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Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
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For [it is] as [if] a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them h...
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And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his partic...
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And he that had received the five talents went and trafficked with them, and made five other talents...
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In like manner also he that [had received] the two, [he also] gained two others.
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But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
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And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
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And he that had received the five talents came to [him] and brought five other talents, saying, [My]...
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His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will...
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And he also that had received the two talents came to [him] and said, [My] lord, thou deliveredst me...
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His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will...
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And he also that had received the one talent coming to [him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou...
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and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
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And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I ha...
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thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got wha...
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Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:
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for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, t...
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And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashin...
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But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon...
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and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as th...
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and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on [his] left.
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Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom...
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for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye...
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naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
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Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or...
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and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
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and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?
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And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one o...
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Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the...
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for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
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I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye...
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Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger,...
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Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of the...
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And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
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