Matthew 25:26-36

26 "You bad and lazy servant!' his master said. "You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed?

27 Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it all back with interest when I returned.

28 Now, take the money away from him and give it to the one who has ten thousand coins.

29 For to every person who has something, even more will be given, and he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing, even the little that he has will be taken away from him. ¹

30 As for this useless servant - throw him outside in the darkness; there he will cry and gnash his teeth.' ²

31 "When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne, ³

32 and the people of all the nations will be gathered before him. Then he will divide them into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

33 He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left.

34 Then the King will say to the people on his right, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.

35 I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes, ⁴

36 naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.'

Cross References

• 1. 25.29Matthew 13.12;Mark 4.25;Luke 8.18.
• 2. 25.30Matthew 8.12; 22.13;Luke 13.28.
• 3. 25.31 aMatthew 16.27; bMatthew 19.28.
• 4. +225.35, 36Ben Sira 7.32-36.