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Themes in Matthew 25
Moffatt

Themes in Matthew 25

Matthew 25:1

Then shall the Realm of heaven be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were stupid and five were sensible.

Matthew 25:3

For although the stupid took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

Matthew 25:4

whereas the sensible took oil in their vessels as well as their lamps.

Matthew 25:5

As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.

Matthew 25:6

But at midnight the cry arose, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'

Matthew 25:7

Then all the maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.

Matthew 25:8

The stupid said to the sensible, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Matthew 25:9

But the sensible replied, 'No, there may not be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'

Matthew 25:10

Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:11

Afterwards the rest of the maidens came and said, 'Oh sir, oh sir, open the door for us!'

Matthew 25:12

but he replied, 'I tell you frankly, I do not know you.'

Matthew 25:13

Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Matthew 25:14

For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;

Matthew 25:15

to one he gave twelve hundred pounds, to another five hundred, and to another two hundred and fifty; each got according to his capacity. Then the man went abroad.

Matthew 25:16

The servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds went at once and traded with them, making another twelve hundred.

Matthew 25:17

Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred.

Matthew 25:18

But the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

Matthew 25:19

Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.

Matthew 25:20

Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'

Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Matthew 25:22

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

Matthew 25:23

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Matthew 25:24

Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!'

Matthew 25:26

His master said to him in reply, 'You rascal, you idle servant! You knew, did you, that I reap where I have never sowed and gather where I have never winnowed!

Matthew 25:27

Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back.

Matthew 25:28

Take therefore the two hundred and fifty pounds away from him, give it to the servant who had the twelve hundred.

Matthew 25:29

For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

Matthew 25:30

Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

Matthew 25:31

When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory,

Matthew 25:32

and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

Matthew 25:33

setting the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.

Matthew 25:34

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 25:35

For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me,

Matthew 25:36

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

Matthew 25:37

Then the just will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? or thirsty and gave you drink?

Matthew 25:38

when did we see you a stranger and entertain you? or unclothed and clothed you?

Matthew 25:39

when did we see you ill or in prison and visit you?'

Matthew 25:40

The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 25:42

For I was hungry but you never fed me, I was thirsty but you never gave me drink,

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.'

Matthew 25:44

Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

Matthew 25:45

Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

Matthew 25:46

So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."
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