Matthew 25, side by side

¹“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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

²Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

²And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

³The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.

³They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

⁴But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.

⁴But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

⁵When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

⁵While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

⁶At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

⁶And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

⁷Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

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

⁸The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

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

⁹‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

⁹But 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.

¹⁰But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

¹⁰And 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.

¹¹Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’

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

¹²But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

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

¹³Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

¹³Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

¹⁴For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

¹⁴For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

¹⁵To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

¹⁶Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

¹⁷Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.

¹⁷And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

¹⁸But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

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

¹⁹After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.

¹⁹After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

²⁰The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

²⁰And 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.

²¹His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

²¹His 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.

²²The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’

²²He 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.

²³His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

²³His 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.

²⁴Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

²⁴Then 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:

²⁵So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’

²⁵And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

²⁶‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.

²⁶His 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:

²⁷Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

²⁷Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

²⁸Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

²⁸Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

²⁹For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

²⁹For 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.

³⁰And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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

³¹When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

³¹When 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:

³²All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

³²And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

³³He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.

³³And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

³⁴Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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:

³⁵For 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 took Me in,

³⁵For 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:

³⁶I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

³⁶Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

³⁷Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

³⁸When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

³⁸When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

³⁹When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

³⁹Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

⁴⁰And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

⁴⁰And 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.

⁴¹Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

⁴¹Then 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:

⁴²For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

⁴²For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

⁴³I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

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.

⁴⁴And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

⁴⁴Then 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?

⁴⁵Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

⁴⁵Then 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.

⁴⁶And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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