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Mat	24.24	For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Mat	24.25	Behold, I have told you beforehand.
Mat	24.26	If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' don't believe it.
Mat	24.27	For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat	24.28	For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together.
Mat	24.29	But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
Mat	24.30	and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
Mat	24.31	He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Mat	24.32	Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
Mat	24.33	Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat	24.34	Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
Mat	24.35	Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Mat	24.36	But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Mat	24.37	As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat	24.38	For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Mat	24.39	and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat	24.40	Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;
Mat	24.41	two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.
Mat	24.42	Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
Mat	24.43	But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Mat	24.44	Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
Mat	24.45	Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Mat	24.46	Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Mat	24.47	Most assuredly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
Mat	24.48	But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
Mat	24.49	and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with the drunken,
Mat	24.50	the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
Mat	24.51	and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
Mat	25.1	Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mat	25.2	Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Mat	25.3	Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
Mat	25.4	but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Mat	25.5	Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Mat	25.6	But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
Mat	25.7	Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Mat	25.8	The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
Mat	25.9	But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
Mat	25.10	While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
Mat	25.11	Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
Mat	25.12	But he answered, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'
Mat	25.13	Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Mat	25.14	For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
Mat	25.15	To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.
Mat	25.16	Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
Mat	25.17	In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.
Mat	25.18	But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
Mat	25.19	Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
Mat	25.20	He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'
Mat	25.21	His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
Mat	25.22	He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'
Mat	25.23	His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
Mat	25.24	He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
Mat	25.25	I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'
Mat	25.26	But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
Mat	25.27	You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
Mat	25.28	Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
Mat	25.29	For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even that which he has will be taken away.
Mat	25.30	Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Mat	25.31	But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
Mat	25.32	Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Mat	25.33	He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Mat	25.34	Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Mat	25.35	for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
Mat	25.36	naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'
Mat	25.37	Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?

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