Matthew 25:25-34

New International Version

²⁵ So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’

²⁶ “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? ²⁷ Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

²⁸ “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. ²⁹ For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.^{(A) 30} And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’^(B)

The Sheep and the Goats

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes^(C) in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.^{(D) 32} All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate^(E) the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.^{(F) 33} He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom^(G) prepared for you since the creation of the world.^(H)