{"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/wnt/matthew/25","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:27.662Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":25,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":24,"nextChapter":26,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":46},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"|Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens  be found to be like ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Five of them were foolish and five were wise."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide themselves with oil;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"but the wise, besides their  torches, took oil in their  flasks."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But at midnight there is a loud cry, |'The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"|Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|'Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, 'for our torches are going out.'"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|'But perhaps,' replied the wise, 'there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"|So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"|Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried, |'Sir, Sir, open the door to us.'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"|'In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, 'I do not know you.'"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"|Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his  bondservants and entrusted his property to their care."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one--to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Without delay the one who had received the five talents went and employed them in business, and gained five more."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"In the same way he who had the two gained two more."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole and buried his  master's money."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"|After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, and said, |'Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: see, I have gained five more.'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"|'You have done well,  good and  trustworthy servant,' replied his master; 'you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"|The second, who had received the two talents, came and said, |'Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have gained two more.'"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"|'Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' his master replied; 'you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much:  share your master's joy.'"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"|But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said, |'Sir,  I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering  what you had not winnowed."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"So being afraid I went and buried your talent in the ground: there you have what belongs to you.'"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"|'You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, 'did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner what I have not winnowed?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has the ten.'"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"|When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne,"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"and  all the nations will be gathered into His presence. And He will separate  them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"and will make the sheep stand at His right hand, and the goats at His left."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"|Then the King will say to those at His right, |'Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been  divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome;"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.'"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"|'When, Lord,' the righteous will reply, 'did we see  Thee hungry, and feed Thee; or thirsty, and give Thee drink?"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"When did we see Thee homeless, and give Thee a welcome? or ill-clad, and clothe Thee?"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"When did we see Thee sick or in prison, and come to see Thee?'"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"|But the King will answer them, |'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"|Then will He say to those at His left, |'Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire  of the Ages, which has been  prepared for the Devil and his angels."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink;"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"|Then will they also answer, |'Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?'"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"|But he will reply, |'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"|And these shall go away into the  Punishment  of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life  of the Ages.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 25 (WNT)","markdown":"[Matthew 25](https://primebible.com/wnt/matthew/25)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/matthew/25 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}