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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 25 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Matthew 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/24.htm" title="Matthew 24">◄</a> Matthew 25 <a href="../matthew/26.htm" title="Matthew 26">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/25.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Parable of Ten Virgins</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="red">“Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">Now five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and <i>began to</i> sleep.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">But the prudent answered, saying, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you <i>too</i>; go instead to the dealers and buy <i>some</i> for yourselves.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">And later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">But he answered and said, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know the day nor the hour.</span> <p class="hdg">Parable of the Talents</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">“For <i>it is</i> just like a man <i>about</i> to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and handed over his possessions to them.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">And to one he gave five <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">In the same manner the one who <i>had received</i> the two <i>talents</i> gained two more.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">But he who received the one <i>talent</i> went away, and dug <i>a hole</i> in the ground and hid his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>master’s money.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">“Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you handed five talents over to me. See, I have gained five more talents.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>master.’</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">“Also the one who <i>had received</i> the two talents came up and said, ‘Master, you handed two talents over to me. See, I have gained two more talents.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no <i>seed</i>.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no <i>seed</i>.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">Therefore, you ought to have put my money <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my <i>money</i> back with interest.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.’</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">“For to everyone who has, <i>more</i> shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="red">And throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span> <p class="hdg">The Final Judgment</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="red">and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom, which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">For I was hungry, and you gave Me <i>something</i> to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me <i>something</i> to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="red">Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You <i>something</i> to drink?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="red">And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="red">And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="red">And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, <i>even</i> the least <i>of them</i>, you did it to Me.’</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="red">“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="red">for I was hungry, and you gave Me <i>nothing</i> to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="red">I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="red">Then they themselves also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>take care of You?’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="red">Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/25-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="red">And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”</span><A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">15</span> A talent was worth more than 15 years of a laborer’s wages<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>lord’s</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i>lord</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>to the bankers</i><br><span class="fnverse">44</span> Or <i>serve</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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