31And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32And learn the parable from the fig-tree: When its branch is already become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that the summer is near. 33So also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors.
34Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass, till all these things are done. 35Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.
36But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noah, so shall be also the coming of the Son of man. 38For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39and knew not until the flood came, and took all away; so shall be also the coming of the Son of man. 40Then shall there be two men in the field, one is taken, and one is left; 41two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, and one is left.
42Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day[42] your Lord comes. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 44Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man comes.
45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 46Happy that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing! 47Verily I say to you, that he will set him over all his goods. 48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming; 49and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; 50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware; 51and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!
XXV. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2And five of them were wise, and five foolish. 3The foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil with them; 4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. 9But the wise answered, saying: Not so; there will not be enough for us and you. Go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they who were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the door was shut. 11And afterward come also the rest of the virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answering said: Verily I say to you, I know you not.
13Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour!
14For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods; 15and to one gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and straightway went abroad. 16And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained other five talents. 17Likewise also he that received the two gained other two. 18But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them. 20And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold, I gained other five talents beside them. 21His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22And he also that received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold, I gained other two talents beside them. 23His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24And he also that received the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou strewedst not. 25And fearing, I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Lo, thou hast thine own. 26And his lord answering said to him: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I strewed not? 27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers; and when I came, I should have received my own with interest. 28Take therefore the talent from him, and give to him that has the ten talents. 29For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away. 30And cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!
31And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory. 32And before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he will divide them one from another, as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. 33And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.