Matthew 25:1-5
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. The delay of the bridegroom:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. The delay of the bridegroom:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BE LIKENED UNTO TEN VIRGINS, WHICH TOOK THEIR LAMPS, AND WENT FORTH TO MEET THE BRIDEGROOM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FIVE OF THEM WERE WISE, AND FIVE WERE FOOLISH.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY THAT WERE FOOLISH TOOK THEIR LAMPS, AND TOOK NO OIL WITH THEM;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE WISE TOOK OIL IN THEIR VESSELS WITH THEIR LAMPS.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED, THEY ALL SLUMBERED AND SLEPT. This parable is connected very closely with the preceding admonitions of the Lord, urging watchfulness and faithfulness, faith and love. The nearer the time of His departure, the more earnestly He strove to impress upon His disciples the ne... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE, BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH; GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
The coming of the bridegroom:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN ALL THOSE VIRGINS AROSE AND TRIMMED THEIR LAMPS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE FOOLISH SAID UNTO THE WISE, GIVE US OF YOUR OIL; FOR OUR LAMPS ARE GONE OUT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE WISE ANSWERED, SAYING, NOT SO, LEST THERE BE NOT ENOUGH FOR US AND YOU; BUT GO YE RATHER TO THEM THAT SELL, AND BUY FOR YOURSELVES.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. WHILE THEY WENT TO BUY, THE BRIDEGROOM CAME; AND THEY THAT WERE READY WENT IN WITH HIM TO THE MARRIAGE; AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT. After an unusually long delay, after they had almost given up all hopes, someone, having been aroused by the noise of the approaching company of the bridegroom, gave th... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTERWARD CAME ALSO THE OTHER VIRGINS, SAYING, LORD, LORD, OPEN TO US.... [ Continue Reading ]
Too late:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, I KNOW YOU NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATCH THEREFORE, FOR YE KNOW NEITHER THE DAY NOR THE HOUR WHEREIN THE SON OF MAN COMETH. When it was too late, the other virgins came. It is not stated whether they had any success in their quest. But they made an attempt to gain admittance to the wedding-feast. Without success! With solemn emphasis... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AS A MAN TRAVELING INTO A FAR COUNTRY, WHO CALLED HIS OWN SERVANTS, AND DELIVERED UNTO THEM HIS GOODS.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. The talents entrusted:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO ONE HE GAVE FIVE TALENTS, TO ANOTHER TWO, AND TO ANOTHER ONE; TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS SEVERAL ABILITY; AND STRAIGHTWAY TOOK HIS JOURNEY.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN HE THAT HAD RECEIVED THE FIVE TALENTS WENT AND TRADED WITH THE SAME, AND MADE THEM OTHER FIVE TALENTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND LIKEWISE HE THAT HAD RECEIVED TWO, HE ALSO GAINED OTHER TWO.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE THAT HAD RECEIVED ONE WENT AND DIGGED IN THE EARTH, AND HID HIS LORD'S MONEY. The transition from the previous parable to this one is very abrupt, indicating a very close connection in thought. It is the question of faithfulness and its test in the judgment of the last great day. Since the ho... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER A LONG TIME THE LORD OF THOSE SERVANTS COMETH, AND RECKONETH WITH THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
The accounting of the good servants;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SO HE THAT HAD RECEIVED FIVE TALENTS CAME AND BROUGHT OTHER FIVE TALENTS, SAYING, LORD, THOU DELIVEREDST UNTO ME FIVE TALENTS; BEHOLD, I HAVE GAINED BESIDE THEM FIVE TALENTS MORE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WELL DONE, THOU. GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT; THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS, I WILL MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY THINGS; ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ALSO THAT HAD RECEIVED TWO TALENTS CAME AND SAID, LORD, THOU DELIVEREDST UNTO ME TWO TALENTS; BEHOLD, I HAVE GAINED TWO OTHER TALENTS BESIDE THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. When a long time had elapsed, during which they might easily find or make opportunity to make safe and judicious, but... [ Continue Reading ]
The accounting of the lazy servant:... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew then that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WAS AFRAID, AND WENT AND HID THY TALENT IN THE EARTH. LO, THERE THOU HAST THAT IS THINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS LORD ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, THOU WICKED AND SLOTHFUL SERVANT, THOU KNEWEST THAT I REAP WHERE I SOWED NOT, AND GATHER WHERE I HAVE NOT STREWED.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU OUGHTEST, THEREFORE, TO HAVE PUT MY MONEY TO THE EXCHANGERS, AND THEN AT MY COMING I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED MINE OWN WITH USURY.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE THEREFORE THE TALENT FROM HIM, AND GIVE IT UNTO HIM WHICH HATH TEN TALENTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR UNTO EVERY ONE THAT HATH SHALL BE GIVEN, AND HE SHALL HAVE ABUNDANCE; BUT FROM HIM THAT HATH NOT SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY EVEN THAT WHICH HE HATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND CAST YE THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANT INTO OUTER DARKNESS; THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH. The whining, disagreeable wretch of a servant is excellently portrayed. Slinking forward, he brought his one lonely talent, and then tried to make a defense of his inexcusable conduct. As usual in... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE SON OF MAN SHALL COME IN HIS GLORY, AND ALL THE HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM, THEN SHALL HE SIT UPON THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAST JUDGMENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BEFORE HIM SHALL BE GATHERED ALL NATIONS. AND HE SHALL SEPARATE THEM ONE FROM ANOTHER AS A SHEPHERD DIVIDETH HIS SHEEP FROM THE GOATS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL SET THE SHEEP ON HIS RIGHT HAND, BUT THE GOATS ON THE LEFT. The reckoning as it will finally be made is here described; for the day of doom is inevitable. Another impressive passage, awesome in its very simplicity, in the absence of all seeking for effect. He who was within two days to... [ Continue Reading ]
The sentence upon the righteous:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THE KING SAY UNTO THEM ON HIS RIGHT HAND, COME, YE BLESSED OF MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I WAS AN HUNGERED, AND YE GAVE ME MEAT; I WAS THIRSTY, AND YE GAVE ME DRINK; I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN;... [ Continue Reading ]
NAKED, AND YE CLOTHED ME; I WAS SICK, AND YE VISITED ME; I WAS IN PRISON, AND YE CAME UNTO ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THE RIGHTEOUS ANSWER HIM, SAYING, LORD, WHEN SAW WE THEE AN HUNGERED, AND FED THEE? OR THIRSTY, AND GAVE THEE DRINK?... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN SAW WE THEE A STRANGER, AND TOOK THEE IN? OR NAKED, AND CLOTHED THEE?... [ Continue Reading ]
OR WHEN SAW WE THEE SICK OR IN PRISON, AND CAME UNTO THEE?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE KING SHALL ANSWER AND SAY UNTO THEM, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME. In this picture, the Judge stands out most strongly: the former lowly and despised Nazarene, now the King of glory, King of kings, and... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL HE SAY ALSO UNTO THEM ON THE LEFT HAND, DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.... [ Continue Reading ]
The sentence upon the unrighteous:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I WAS AN HUNGERED, AND YE GAVE ME NO MEAT; I WAS THIRSTY, AND YE GAVE ME NO DRINK;... [ Continue Reading ]
I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME NOT IN; NAKED, AND YE CLOTHED ME NOT; SICK AND IN PRISON, AND YE VISITED ME NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THEY ALSO ANSWER HIM, SAYING, LORD, WHEN SAW WE THEE AN HUNGERED, OR ATHIRST, OR A STRANGER, OR NAKED, OR SICK, OR IN PRISON, AND DID NOT MINISTER UNTO THEE?... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL HE ANSWER THEM, SAYING, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, INASMUCH AS YE DID IT NOT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YE DID IT NOT TO ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE SHALL GO AWAY INTO EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS INTO LIFE ETERNAL. A fearful arraignment and a just of those on the left hand of the King: Instead of the "Blessed" which they expected a "Cursed," instead of the "Come" a "Depart from Me. " Several very important points: He does... [ Continue Reading ]