{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/matthew/25","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:19:13.692Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":25,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":24,"nextChapter":26,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":46},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"|Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Five of them were foolish, and five were wise."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"|For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"|Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"|His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"|He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"|His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"|He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"|But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"|But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.'"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"|Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"|The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"|Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"|Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 25 (WEB)","markdown":"[Matthew 25](https://primebible.com/web/matthew/25)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/matthew/25 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}