UST MAT Chapter 25

25 Here is what God’s heavenly kingdom will be like at that time: Ten young women each took an oil lamp and prepared to escort a bridegroom to his wedding celebration. 2 As for those young women, five of them were foolish, and the other five of them were wise. 3 Here is how five of them were foolish: they each took an oil lamp, but they did not take any extra oil for their lamps. 4 In contrast, here is how five of them were wise: they each took an oil lamp and also some extra oil for their lamps.

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14 Even further, here is what God’s heavenly kingdom is like: a man decided to travel to a different country. So, he summoned his servants and put them in charge of what he owned. 15 He gave as much money to each servant as each one could manage. He gave five bags of money to one servant. He gave two bags of money to another servant. He gave one bag of money to another servant. As soon as he did that, he traveled to a different country. 16 Then, the servant who had five bags of money went to invest the money. He made five more bags of money. 17 Similarly, the servant who had two bags of money invested the money. He made two more bags of money. 18 However, the servant who had one bag of money went to bury it in the ground to keep it safe.

19 Much later, the servants’ master returned. He wanted to know what they had done with the bags of money. 20 So, the servant who had five bags of money went to him. He brought them and the five more bags of money that he had made. He said, ‘Master, you gave me five bags of money. I have made five more bags of money!’ 21 His master replied, ‘I approve of what you have done. You are a trustworthy servant who does what is right! You were trustworthy when I put you in charge of only some money. Now I will put you in charge of many important things. Enjoy what I have with me!’

22 Then, the servant who had two bags of money went to him too. He said, ‘Master, you gave me two bags of money. I have made two more bags of money!’ 23 His master replied, ‘I approve of what you have done. You are a trustworthy servant who does what is right! You were trustworthy when I put you in charge of only some money. Now I will put you in charge of many important things. Enjoy what I have with me!’

24 Then, the servant who had one bag of money went to him too. He said, ‘Master, I realized that you are a demanding person. You are like a farmer who harvests crops that he did not plant. 25 So, because I feared you, I went to bury your bag of money in the ground to keep it safe. Now I am giving you back your money!’ 26 His master replied, ‘You are an evil servant who refuses to work! You claim that you realized that I am like a farmer who harvests crops that he did not plant. 27 If that were true about me, you should have given the bag of money to people who lend money. Then, when I returned, I would have gotten it back plus the interest it earned.’ 28 So the master said to his other servants, ‘Take the bag of money from him! Give it to the servant who has ten bags of money. 29 I command that because people give more to those who already have something. They will have many things. In contrast, people take everything from those who already have very little. 30 Now to punish this useless servant, cast him out into a dark place, where people will cry and sorrowfully grind their teeth.’

31 When I, the Son of Man, return to this world with all the angels, I will be very glorious. At that time, I will sit down to rule from my great throne. 32 Then all groups of people will assemble in front of me. I will divide them into two groups, as a sheepherder divides his animals into a group of sheep and a group of goats. 33 I will have some people, who are like sheep, go to the area to my right to honor them. I will have the other people, who are like goats, go to the area to my left to shame them.

34 After that, I, the king, will tell the people in the area to my right, ‘You are people whom God my Father has blessed. Come with me! God will enable you to participate in the kingdom that he set up for you when he created everything. 35 You will do that because you fed me when I was hungry. You gave me water when I was thirsty. You welcomed me when I arrived from a different place. 36 You gave me clothes when I did not have enough to wear. You took care of me when I was ill. You visited me when I was in jail.’

37 After that, the people who did what was right will reply, ‘Lord, we do not remember feeding you when you were hungry. We do not remember giving you water when you were thirsty. 38 We do not remember welcoming you even though you were from a different place. We do not remember giving you clothes when you did not have enough to wear. 39 We do not remember visiting you when you were ill or in jail.’

40 I, the king, will respond, ‘Whenever you do something to help an insignificant fellow believer, it is as if you did it to help me. What I have said is true.’

41 After that, I will tell the people in the area to my left, ‘You are people whom God has cursed. Leave me! I send you to hell, which God set up for Satan and his demons. 42 You will go there because you did not feed me when I was hungry. You did not give me water when I was thirsty. 43 You did not welcome me when I arrived from a different place. You did not give me clothes when I did not have enough to wear. You did not take care of me when I was ill and in jail.’

44 After that, those people will reply, ‘Lord, we do not remember failing to help you when you were hungry or thirsty or came from a different place or did not have enough to wear or were ill or in jail.’

45 He will reply, ‘‘I tell you truly that you did not do for me whatever you did not do for even the least important one among these people of mine.’

46 As for those people who did what was wrong, God will punish them forever. In contrast, the people who did what was right will live with God forever.”

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