The Words of Jesus Christ Page 178 Judgment & Salvation (cont'd). Parables (cont'd)
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15 JUDGMENT & SALVATION (cont'd)
18 Parables of Judgment & Salvation (cont'd)
The Talents
A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called ten servants of his, and gave
them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come. But his
citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that
this man reign over us. And it came to pass, when he was come back again,
having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he
had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had
gained by trading. And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath
made ten pounds more. And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant:
because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority over
ten cities. And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five
pounds. And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities. And another
came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a
napkin: for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up
that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. He saith unto
him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou
knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping
that I did not sow; then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and
I at my coming should have required it with interest? And he said unto them
that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath
the ten pounds. And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds. I say unto
you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not,
even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. Howbeit these mine
enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay
them before me.
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The Return from the Marriage Feast
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
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It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and
given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the
porter to watch. Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house
cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the
morning; lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I
say unto all, Watch.
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The Faithful and Wise Servant
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his
household, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is that servant,
whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that
he will set him over all that he hath. But if that evil servant shall say in
his heart, My lord tarrieth; and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and
shall eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a
day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut
him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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The Ten Virgins
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their
lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were foolish,
and five were wise. For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil
with them: but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Now while
the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there is
a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. Then all those
virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise,
Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered,
saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to
them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went away to buy, the
bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage
feast: and the door was shut. Afterward come also the other virgins, saying,
Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I
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The House Built on Sand
Every one therefore which heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall
be likened unto a wise man, which built his house upon the rock: and the rain
descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. And every one that heareth
these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great
was the fall thereof.
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