Matthew 25:25-36

English Standard Version

²⁵ so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, ^(A)you have what is yours.’ ²⁶ But his master answered him, ‘You ^(B)wicked and ^(C)slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? ²⁷ Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. ²⁸ So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. ^29 (D)For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰ And ^(E)cast ^(F)the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place ^(G)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

The Final Judgment

^31 (H)“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, ^(I)then he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² Before him ^(J)will be gathered ^(K)all the nations, and ^(L)he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates ^(M)the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then ^(N)the King will say to ^(O)those on his right, ‘Come, you ^(P)who are blessed by my Father, ^(Q)inherit ^(R)the kingdom ^(S)prepared for you ^(T)from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For ^(U)I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you ^(V)gave me drink, ^(W)I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ^36 (X)I was naked and you clothed me, ^(Y)I was sick and you ^(Z)visited me, ^(AA)I was in prison and you came to me.’