one, going his way, digged into the
earth and hid his lord's money.
25:19. But after a long time the lord of those servants came and
reckoned with them.
25:20. And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other
five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents.
Behold I have gained other five over and above.
25:21. His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant,
because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee
over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
25:22. And he also that had received the two talents came and said:
Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me. Behold I have gained other
two.
25:23. His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant:
because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee
over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
25:24. But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I
know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown and
gatherest where thou hast not strewed.
25:25. And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Behold
here thou hast that which is thine.
25:26. And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant,
thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not
strewed.
25:27. Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the
bankers: and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.
25:28. Take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it him that
hath ten talents.
25:29. For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound:
but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be
taken away.
25:30. And the unprofitable servant, cast ye out into the exterior
darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
25:31. And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
25:32. And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he
shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the
sheep from the goats:
25:33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
his left.
25:34. Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand:
Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.
25:35. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty,
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