Matthew 25:26-36

26 But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].
27 Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and [when I] returned I would have gotten back [what was] mine with interest!
28 Therefore take the talent from him and give [it] to the one who has the ten talents.
29 For to everyone who has, [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
30 And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness--in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

The Judgment of the Sheep and the Goats

31 Now when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
32 And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 And he will place the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.
34 Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!
35 For I was hungry and you gave me [something] to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me [something] to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest,
36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you cared for me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

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Footnotes 6

  • [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [c]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("returned") which is understood as temporal
  • [d]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [e]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [f]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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