>
> Matthew 25
>
> 1 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who
> took their lamps and
> went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Now five of them were wise, and
> five were foolish.
> 3Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
> 4but the wise
> took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5But while the
> bridegroom was delayed, they
> all slumbered and slept.
> 6"And at midnight a cry was heard: "Behold, the bridegroom is
> coming;[1] go out to
> meet him!' 7Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
> 8And the foolish said
> to the wise, "Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going
> out.' 9But the wise
> answered, saying, "No, lest there should not be enough for us and
> you; but go rather
> to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' 10And while they went
> to buy, the
> bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the
> wedding; and the
> door was shut.
> 11"Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, "Lord, Lord, open
> to us!' 12But he
> answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.'
> 13"Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[2] in
> which the Son of
> Man is coming.
>
> (1) 14 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far
> country, who called
> his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15And to one he
> gave five talents,
> to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own
> ability; and
> immediately he went on a journey. 16Then he who had received the
> five talents went
> and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17And likewise
> he who had
> received two gained two more also. 18But he who had received one
> went and dug in
> the ground, and hid his lord's money. 19After a long time the lord
> of those servants
> came and settled accounts with them.
> 20"So he who had received five talents came and brought five other
> talents, saying,
> "Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five
> more talents besides
> them.' 21His lord said to him, "Well done, good and faithful
> servant; you were faithful
> over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter
> into the joy of your
> lord.' 22He also who had received two talents came and said, "Lord,
> you delivered to
> me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.'
> 23His lord said to
> him, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful
> over a few things, I
> will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your
> lord.'
> 24"Then he who had received the one talent came and said, "Lord, I
> knew you to be a
> hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you
> have not
> scattered seed. 25And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in
> the ground. Look,
> there you have what is yours.'
> 26"But his lord answered and said to him, "You wicked and lazy
> servant, you knew that
> I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered
> seed. 27So you
> ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming
> I would have
> received back my own with interest. 28So take the talent from him,
> and give it to him
> who has ten talents.
> 29"For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have
> abundance; but from
> him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30And
> cast the
> unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping
> and gnashing of
> teeth.'
>
> 31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy[3]
> angels with Him, then
> He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32All the nations will be
> gathered before Him, and
> He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his
> sheep from the
> goats. 33And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats
> on the left.
> 34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, "Come, you
> blessed of My Father,
> inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
> world: 35for I was
> hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I
> was a stranger
> and you took Me in; 36I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick
> and you visited Me;
> I was in prison and you came to Me.'
> 37"Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, "Lord, when did we
> see You hungry and
> feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38When did we see You a
> stranger and take
> You in, or naked and clothe You? 39Or when did we see You sick, or
> in prison, and
> come to You?' 40And the King will answer and say to them,
> "Assuredly, I say to you,
> inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren,
> you did it to Me.'
> 41"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, "Depart from
> Me, you cursed, into
> the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42for I
> was hungry and you
> gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43I was a
> stranger and you
> did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in
> prison and you did not
> visit Me.'
> 44"Then they also will answer Him,[4] saying, "Lord, when did we
> see You hungry or
> thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not
> minister to You?' 45Then
> He will answer them, saying, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as
> you did not do it to
> one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' 46And these
> will go away into
> everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
>
> Matthew 26
>
> (1) 1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these
> sayings, that He said to
> His disciples, 2"You know that after two days is the Passover, and
> the Son of Man will
> be delivered up to be crucified."
> 3Then the chief priests, the scribes,[1] and the elders of the
> people assembled at the
> palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4and plotted to
> take Jesus by
> trickery and kill Him. 5But they said, "Not during the feast, lest
> there be an uproar
> among the people."
>
> (2) 6 And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the
> leper, 7a woman
> came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil,
> and she poured it on
> His head as He sat at the table. 8But when His disciples saw it,
> they were indignant,
> saying, "Why this waste? 9For this fragrant oil might have been
> sold for much and
> given to the poor."
> 10But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, "Why do you
> trouble the woman?
> For she has done a good work for Me. 11For you have the poor with
> you always, but
> Me you do not have always. 12For in pouring this fragrant oil on My
> body, she did it for
> My burial. 13Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is
> preached in the whole
> world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to
> her."
>
> (3) 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the
> chief priests 15and
> said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?"
> And they counted out to
> him thirty pieces of silver. 16So from that time he sought
> opportunity to betray Him.
>
> (4) 17 Now on the first day of the Feast of the Unleavened Bread
> the disciples came
> to Jesus, saying to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare for You
> to eat the
> Passover?"
> 18And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him,
> "The Teacher says,
> "My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My
> disciples.""'
> 19So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they
> prepared the Passover.
> 20When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve. 21Now as they
> were eating,
> He said, "Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me."
> 22And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each of them began to
> say to Him, "Lord,
> is it I?"
> 23He answered and said, "He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish
> will betray Me.
> 24The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe
> to that man by
> whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that
> man if he had not
> been born."
> 25Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said, "Rabbi, is
> it I?"
> He said to him, "You have said it."
>
> (5) 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed[2] and
> broke it, and gave it
> to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."
> 27Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,
> saying, "Drink from it,
> all of you. 28For this is My blood of the new[3] covenant, which is
> shed for many for
> the remission of sins. 29But I say to you, I will not drink of this
> fruit of the vine from
> now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's
> kingdom."
> 30And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of
> Olives.
>
> Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
> (6) 31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble
> because of Me this
> night, for it is written:
>
> "I will strike the Shepherd,
> And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'[4]
>
> 32But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee."
> 33Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble
> because of You, I
> will never be made to stumble."
> 34Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night,
> before the rooster crows,
> you will deny Me three times."
> 35Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not
> deny You!"
> And so said all the disciples.
>
> (7) 36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and
> said to the
> disciples, "Sit here while I go and pray over there." 37And He took
> with Him Peter and
> the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply
> distressed. 38Then
> He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death.
> Stay here and
> watch with Me."
> 39He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed,
> saying, "O My Father, if it is
> possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will,
> but as You will."
> 40Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said
> to Peter, "What!
> Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41Watch and pray, lest you
> enter into
> temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
> 42Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My
> Father, if this cup
> cannot pass away from Me unless[5] I drink it, Your will be done."
> 43And He came and
> found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.
> 44So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time,
> saying the same
> words. 45Then He came to His disciples and said to them, "Are you
> still sleeping and
> resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being
> betrayed into the
> hands of sinners. 46Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at
> hand."
>
> (8) 47 And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the
> twelve, with a great
> multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and
> elders of the people.
> 48Now His betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss,
> He is the One;
> seize Him." 49Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings,
> Rabbi!" and kissed
> Him.
> 50But Jesus said to him, "Friend, why have you come?"
> Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. 51And
> suddenly, one of those
> who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword,
> struck the servant of
> the high priest, and cut off his ear.
> 52But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who
> take the sword will
> perish[6] by the sword. 53Or do you think that I cannot now pray to
> My Father, and
> He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? 54How
> then could the
> Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?"
> 55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out, as
> against a robber,
> with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in
> the temple, and
> you did not seize Me. 56But all this was done that the Scriptures
> of the prophets might
> be fulfilled."
> Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.
>
> (9) 57 And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to
> Caiaphas the high priest,
> where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58But Peter
> followed Him at a
> distance to the high priest's courtyard. And he went in and sat
> with the servants to
> see the end.
> 59Now the chief priests, the elders,[7] and all the council sought
> false testimony
> against Jesus to put Him to death, 60but found none. Even though
> many false
> witnesses came forward, they found none.[8] But at last two false
> witnesses[9] came
> forward 61and said, "This fellow said, "I am able to destroy the
> temple of God and to
> build it in three days."'
> 62And the high priest arose and said to Him, "Do You answer
> nothing? What is it these
> men testify against You?" 63But Jesus kept silent. And the high
> priest answered and
> said to Him, "I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if
> You are the Christ, the
> Son of God!"
> 64Jesus said to him, "It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to
> you, hereafter you will
> see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and
> coming on the clouds of
> heaven."
> 65Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, "He has spoken
> blasphemy! What
> further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His
> blasphemy!
> 66What do you think?"
> They answered and said, "He is deserving of death."
> 67Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him
> with the palms of
> their hands, 68saying, "Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who
> struck You?"
>
> (10) 69 Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl
> came to him,
> saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee."
> 70But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you
> are saying."
> 71And when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and
> said to those
> who were there, "This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth."
> 72But again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the Man!"
> 73And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter,
> "Surely you also are
> one of them, for your speech betrays you."
> 74Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I do not know the
> Man!"
> Immediately a rooster crowed. 75And Peter remembered the word of
> Jesus who had
> said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three
> times." So he went out
> and wept bitterly.
>
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