Daily Bible Reading: July 15

Justin Peters

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Joshua 22 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half -tribe of Manasseh, and said to them,

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You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you.

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You have not forsaken your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the responsibility of the commandment of Yahweh your

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God. And now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers as He spoke to them.

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So now turn and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the

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Jordan. Only keep yourselves very carefully to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love

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Yahweh your God, and walk in all His ways, and keep His commandments, and cling to Him, and serve

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Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

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Now to the one half -tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half

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Joshua gave a possession among their brothers westward beyond the Jordan. So when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, and spoke to them, saying,

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Return to your tents with great riches and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very many clothes.

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Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers. Then the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half -tribe of Manasseh returned home, and departed from the sons of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession which they had possessed, according to the command of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

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And they came to the region of the Jordan, which is in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half -tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the

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Jordan, a large altar in appearance. And the sons of Israel heard it said,

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Behold, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half -tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance of the land of Canaan, in the region of the

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Jordan, on the side belonging to the sons of Israel. Then the sons of Israel heard of it, and the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh to go up against them in war.

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Then the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half -tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father's household from each of the tribes of Israel, and each one of them was the head of his father's household among the thousands of Israel.

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So they came to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half -tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

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Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What is this unfaithful act which you have committed against the

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God of Israel, turning away from following Yahweh this day, by building yourselves an altar to rebel against Yahweh this day?

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Is the iniquity of Peor too small a thing for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there was a plague on the congregation of Yahweh?

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Yet you are turning away this day from following Yahweh. Now it will be that, if you rebel against Yahweh today, he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.

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If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then cross into the land of the possession of Yahweh, where the tabernacle of Yahweh dwells, and take possession among us.

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But do not rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us by building an altar for yourselves, besides the altar of Yahweh our

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God. Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things devoted to destruction and indignation fall on all the congregation of Israel?

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But he was not the only man to breathe his last in his iniquity. Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half -tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel.

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The Mighty One, God, Yahweh. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh. He knows, and may

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Israel itself know. If it was in rebellion, or if in an unfaithful act against Yahweh, do not save us this day.

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If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from following Yahweh, or if to perform a burnt offering or grain offering on it, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings on it, may

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Yahweh himself require it. But truly we have done this out of concern, for a reason, saying,

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In time to come your sons may say to our sons, What have you to do with Yahweh, the

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God of Israel? And Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad.

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You have no portion in Yahweh. So your sons may make our sons stop fearing

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Yahweh. Therefore, we said, let us build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice.

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Rather, it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come,

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You have no portion in Yahweh. Therefore, we said, it will also be, that if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say,

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See the copy of the altar of Yahweh which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice, rather, it is a witness between us and you.

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Far be it from us to rebel against Yahweh and turn away from following Yahweh this day, by building an altar for burnt offering, for grain offering, or for sacrifice.

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Besides the altar of Yahweh our God which is before his tabernacle. So Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, and it was good in their sight.

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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Manasseh, Today we know that Yahweh is in our midst, because you have not committed this unfaithful act against Yahweh.

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So then you have delivered the sons of Israel from the hand of Yahweh. Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought back word to them.

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And the word was good in the sight of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God, and they did not speak of going up against them in war to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.

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And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar witness, for, they said, it is a witness between us that Yahweh is

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God. Acts 2

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And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

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And there appeared to them tongues like fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.

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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.

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Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.

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So they were astounded and marveling, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking

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Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language in which we were born?

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Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the district of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both

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Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs, we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.

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And they all continued in astonishment and great perplexity, saying to one another, What does this mean?

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But others, mocking, were saying, They are full of new wine. But Peter, taking a stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them,

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Men of Judea, and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

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For these men are not drunk as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. But this is what was spoken through the prophet

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Joel. And it shall be in the last days, God says, that I will pour out my

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Spirit on all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

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Even on my male slaves and female slaves, I will in those days pour out my

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Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will put wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

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The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of the

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Lord comes. And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God, with miracles and wonders and signs which

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God did through him in your midst, just as you yourselves know, this man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of lawless men and put him to death.

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But God raised him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for him to be held in its power.

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For David says of him, I saw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.

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Therefore, my heart was glad and my tongue exalted. Moreover, my flesh also will live in hope, because you will not forsake my soul to Hades, nor give your

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Holy One over to seek corruption. You have made known to me the ways of life, and you will make me full of gladness with your presence.

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Men, brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to set one of the fruit of his body on his throne, he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the

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Christ, that he was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did his flesh seek corruption.

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This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the

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Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you both see and hear.

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For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, The Lord said to my

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Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies as a footstool for your feet. Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both

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Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,

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Men, brothers, what should we do? And Peter said to them, Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the

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Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the

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Lord our God will call to himself. And with many other words he solemnly bore witness, and kept on exhorting them, saying,

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Be saved from this crooked generation. So then, those who had received his word were baptized, and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

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And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.

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And fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.

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And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common. And they began selling their property and possessions, and were dividing them up with all, as anyone might have need.

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And daily devoting themselves with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising

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God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number daily those who were being saved.

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Jeremiah 11 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and you shall speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and say to them,

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Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Cursed is the man who does not hear the words of this covenant, which

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I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying,

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Listen to my voice, and do according to all which I command you. So you shall be my people, and I will be your

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God. In order to establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day, then

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I answered and said, Amen, O Yahweh. And Yahweh said to me, Call out all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying,

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Hear the words of this covenant, so that you will do them. For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising up early and warning, saying,

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Listen to my voice. Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but walked, each one in the stubbornness of his evil heart.

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Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.

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Then Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors, who refuse to hear my words, and they have walked after other gods to serve them.

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The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant, which I cut with their fathers. Therefore, thus says

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Yahweh, Behold, I am bringing calamity on them which they will not be able to get out of, and they will cry to me, yet I will not listen to them.

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Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their calamity.

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For your gods are the number of your cities, O Judah, and the number of the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.

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But as for you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry of lamentation or prayer for them, for I will not listen when they call to me because of their calamity.

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But as for you, what possession has my beloved in my house, when she has done many schemes of wickedness?

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Can the flesh, which is set apart as holy, take away from you your calamity, so that you can exult?

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Yahweh called your name, a green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form. With the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and its foliage has an evil demise.

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Yahweh of hosts, who planted you, has spoken forth evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger by burning incense to Baal.

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Moreover, Yahweh made it known to me, and I knew it. Then you showed me their deeds.

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But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised thoughts against me, saying,

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Let us make the tree with its fruit a ruin, and let us cut him off from the land of the living.

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Let his name be remembered no more. But O Yahweh of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the insides and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you

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I have revealed my case. Therefore, thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying,

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Do not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, so that you will not die at our hand. Therefore, thus says

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Yahweh of hosts, Behold, I am about to punish them. The choice men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine, and a remnant will not be left to them.

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For I will bring calamity on the men of Anathoth the year of their punishment. Matthew 25

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Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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Now five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them.

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But the prudent took oil and flask along with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.

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But at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom, come out to meet him. Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.

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And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

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But the prudent answered, saying, No, there will not be enough for us and you too.

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Go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves. And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came.

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And those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. And later the other virgins also came, saying,

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Lord, Lord, open up for us. But he answered and said, Truly I say to you,

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I do not know you. Therefore stay awake, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

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For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and handed over his possessions to them.

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And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his own ability.

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And he went on his journey. Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with him, and gained five more talents.

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In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more. But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.

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Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with him. And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying,

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Master, you handed five talents over to me. See, I have gained five more talents.

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His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things.

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I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master. Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said,

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Master, you handed two talents over to me. See, I have gained two more talents.

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His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things.

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I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master. And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said,

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Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.

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And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.

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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.

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Therefore you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.

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Therefore take away the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. And throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness.

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In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

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And all the nations will be gathered before him. And he will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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And he will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right,

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Come, you who are blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from before the foundation of the world.

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For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink.

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I was a stranger, and you invited me in. Naked and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me.

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I was in prison, and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

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And when did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?

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And the king will answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even the least of them, you did it to me.

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Then he will also say to those on his left, Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.

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For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

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I was a stranger, and you did not invite me in. Naked and you did not clothe me. Sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.

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Then they themselves also will answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

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Then he will answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.

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And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.