02월 06일

(Mt 25:1-30) [1] "Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
[2] "And five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.
[3] "For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,
[4] but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
[5] "Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and [began] to sleep.
[6] "But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet [him.']
[7] "Then all those virgins rose, and trimmed their lamps.
[8] "And the foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
[9] "But the prudent answered, saying, 'No, there will not be enough for us and you [too;] go instead to the dealers and buy [some] for yourselves.'
[10] "And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.
[11] "And later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'
[12] "But he answered and said, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'
[13] "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
[14] "For [it is] just like a man [about] to go on a journey, who called his own slaves, and entrusted his possessions to them.
[15] "And to one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.
[16] "Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.
[17] "In the same manner the one who [had received] the two [talents] gained two more.
[18] "But he who received the one [talent] went away and dug in the ground, and hid his master's money.
[19] "Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.
[20] "And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you entrusted five talents to me; see, I have gained five more talents.'
[21] "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master.'
[22] "The one also who [had received] the two talents came up and said, ' Master, you entrusted to me two talents; see, I have gained two more talents. '
[23] "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
[24] "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no [seed.]
[25] 'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground; see, you have what is yours.'
[26] "But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I scattered no [seed.]
[27] 'Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my [money] back with interest.
[28] 'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.'
[29] "For to everyone who has shall [more] be given, and he shall have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.
[30] "And cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.』