Wisdom & Truth Verses

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made {them} other five talents.

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, {there} thou hast {that is} thine.

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and {then} at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

Take therefore the talent from him, and give {it} unto him which hath ten talents.