Matthew 25 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Parable of Ten Virgins

Mat 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Mat 25:2

Mat 25:2And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Mat 25:3

Mat 25:3For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

Mat 25:4

Mat 25:4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Mat 25:5

Mat 25:5Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Mat 25:6

Mat 25:6But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

Mat 25:7

Mat 25:7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Mat 25:8

Mat 25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

Mat 25:9

Mat 25:9But 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.

Mat 25:10

Mat 25:10And 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.

Mat 25:11

Mat 25:11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

Mat 25:12

Mat 25:12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

Mat 25:13

Mat 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Parable of the Talents

(Luk 19:11–27 )

Mat 25:14

Mat 25:14For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

Mat 25:15

Mat 25:15And 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.

Mat 25:16

Mat 25:16Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.

Mat 25:17

Mat 25:17In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.

Mat 25:18

Mat 25:18But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

Mat 25:19

Mat 25:19Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.

Mat 25:20

Mat 25:20And 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.

Mat 25:21

Mat 25:21His 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.

Mat 25:22

Mat 25:22And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.

Mat 25:23

Mat 25:23His 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.

Mat 25:24

Mat 25:24And 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;

Mat 25:25

Mat 25:25and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.

Mat 25:26

Mat 25:26But 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;

Mat 25:27

Mat 25:27thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

Mat 25:28

Mat 25:28Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents.

Mat 25:29

Mat 25:29For 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.

Mat 25:30

Mat 25:30And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

The Judgment

Mat 25:31

Mat 25:31But 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:

Mat 25:32

Mat 25:32and 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;

Mat 25:33

Mat 25:33and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Mat 25:34

Mat 25:34Then 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:

Mat 25:35

Mat 25:35for 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;

Mat 25:36

Mat 25:36naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Mat 25:37

Mat 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

Mat 25:38

Mat 25:38And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Mat 25:39

Mat 25:39And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

Mat 25:40

Mat 25:40And 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.

Mat 25:41

Mat 25:41Then 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:

Mat 25:42

Mat 25:42for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

Mat 25:43

Mat 25:43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Mat 25:44

Mat 25:44Then 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?

Mat 25:45

Mat 25:45Then 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.

Mat 25:46

Mat 25:46And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

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