1 T hen the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 F ive of them were foolish (thoughtless, without forethought) and five were wise (sensible, intelligent, and prudent).

And five of them were prudent and five foolish.

3 F or when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any oil with them;

They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;

4 B ut the wise took flasks of oil along with them with their lamps.

but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.

5 W hile the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep.

Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.

6 B ut at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!

But in middle of night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.

7 T hen all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order.

Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.

8 A nd the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.

9 B ut the wise replied, There will not be enough for us and for you; go instead to the dealers and buy for yourselves.

But the prudent answered saying, lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 B ut while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.

But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

11 L ater the other virgins also came and said, Lord, Lord, open to us!

Afterwards come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us;

12 B ut He replied, I solemnly declare to you, I do not know you.

but he answering said, Verily I say unto you, I do not know you.

13 W atch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come.

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

14 F or it is like a man who was about to take a long journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his property.

For as a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.

15 T o one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one—to each in proportion to his own personal ability. Then he departed and left the country.

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his particular ability, and immediately went away out of the country.

16 H e who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he gained five talents more.

And he that had received the five talents went and trafficked with them, and made five other talents.

17 A nd likewise he who had received the two talents—he also gained two talents more.

In like manner also he that the two, gained two others.

18 B ut he who had received the one talent went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.

19 N ow after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.

20 A nd he who had received the five talents came and brought him five more, saying, Master, you entrusted to me five talents; see, here I have gained five talents more.

And he that had received the five talents came to and brought five other talents, saying, lord, thou deliveredst me five talents; behold, I have gained five other talents besides them.

21 H is master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the blessedness) which your master enjoys.

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.

22 A nd he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, Master, you entrusted two talents to me; here I have gained two talents more.

And he also that had received the two talents came to and said, lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.

23 H is master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the blessedness) which your master enjoys.

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 H e who had received one talent also came forward, saying, Master, I knew you to be a harsh and hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you had not winnowed.

And he also that had received the one talent coming to said, lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

25 S o I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is your own.

and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.

26 B ut his master answered him, You wicked and lazy and idle servant! Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I have not winnowed?

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

27 T hen you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest.

thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.

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

Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:

29 F or to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him.

30 A nd throw the good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

31 W hen the Son of Man comes in His glory (His majesty and splendor), and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,

32 A ll nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats;

and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

33 A nd He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand, but the goats at His left.

and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on left.

34 T hen the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father '> favored of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from world's foundation:

35 F or I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and lodged Me,

for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

36 I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me with help and ministering care, I was in prison and you came to see Me.

naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

37 T hen the just and upright will answer Him, Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave You food, or thirsty and gave You something to drink?

Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink?

38 A nd when did we see You a stranger and welcomed and entertained You, or naked and clothed You?

and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?

39 A nd when did we see You sick or in prison and came to visit You?

and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?

40 A nd the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least '> in the estimation of men] of these My brethren, you did it for Me.

And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

41 T hen He will say to those at His left hand, Begone from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 F or I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;

43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me and entertain Me, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me with help and ministering care.

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.

44 T hen they 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 minister to You?

Then shall they also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?

45 A nd He will reply to them, Solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the least '> in the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me.

Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.

46 T hen they will go away into eternal punishment, but those who are just and upright and in right standing with God into eternal life.

And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.