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    "book": "matthew",
    "chapter": 25
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    "n": 25,
    "bookSlug": "matthew",
    "bookCode": "MAT",
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    "title": "",
    "translation": null,
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "MAT-25:1",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.1",
        "text": "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "MAT-25:2",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.2",
        "text": "And five of them were foolish, and five were wise."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "MAT-25:3",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.3",
        "text": "For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "MAT-25:4",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.4",
        "text": "but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "MAT-25:5",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.5",
        "text": "Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "MAT-25:6",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.6",
        "text": "But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "MAT-25:7",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.7",
        "text": "Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "MAT-25:8",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.8",
        "text": "And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "MAT-25:9",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.9",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "MAT-25:10",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.10",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "MAT-25:11",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.11",
        "text": "Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "MAT-25:12",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.12",
        "text": "But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "MAT-25:13",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.13",
        "text": "Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "MAT-25:14",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.14",
        "text": "For [it is] as [when] a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "MAT-25:15",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.15",
        "text": "And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "MAT-25:16",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.16",
        "text": "Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "MAT-25:17",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.17",
        "text": "In like manner he also that [received] the two gained other two."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "MAT-25:18",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.18",
        "text": "But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord`s money."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "MAT-25:19",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.19",
        "text": "Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "MAT-25:20",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.20",
        "text": "And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "MAT-25:21",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.21",
        "text": "His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "MAT-25:22",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.22",
        "text": "And he also that [received] the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "MAT-25:23",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.23",
        "text": "His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "MAT-25:24",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.24",
        "text": "And he also that had 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 didst not scatter;"
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "MAT-25:25",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.25",
        "text": "and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "MAT-25:26",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.26",
        "text": "But 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 did not scatter;"
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "MAT-25:27",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.27",
        "text": "thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "MAT-25:28",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.28",
        "text": "Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "MAT-25:29",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.29",
        "text": "For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "MAT-25:30",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.30",
        "text": "And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "MAT-25:31",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.31",
        "text": "But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:"
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "MAT-25:32",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.32",
        "text": "and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;"
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "MAT-25:33",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.33",
        "text": "and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "MAT-25:34",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.34",
        "text": "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:"
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "MAT-25:35",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.35",
        "text": "for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;"
      },{
        "n": 36,
        "refId": "MAT-25:36",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.36",
        "text": "naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me."
      },{
        "n": 37,
        "refId": "MAT-25:37",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.37",
        "text": "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?"
      },{
        "n": 38,
        "refId": "MAT-25:38",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.38",
        "text": "And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?"
      },{
        "n": 39,
        "refId": "MAT-25:39",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.39",
        "text": "And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?"
      },{
        "n": 40,
        "refId": "MAT-25:40",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.40",
        "text": "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me."
      },{
        "n": 41,
        "refId": "MAT-25:41",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.41",
        "text": "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:"
      },{
        "n": 42,
        "refId": "MAT-25:42",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.42",
        "text": "for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;"
      },{
        "n": 43,
        "refId": "MAT-25:43",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.43",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 44,
        "refId": "MAT-25:44",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.44",
        "text": "Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?"
      },{
        "n": 45,
        "refId": "MAT-25:45",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.45",
        "text": "Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me."
      },{
        "n": 46,
        "refId": "MAT-25:46",
        "verseRef": "MAT.25.46",
        "text": "And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life."
      }
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