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groom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.

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

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13 " Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a 'man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

*LUKE, Xiii. 25: When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are. HEB. iii. 18, 19: And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? so we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. REV. xxii. 11: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

1MAT. vii. 21-23: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

m Ps. i. 6: The LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Ps. v. 5: The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. HAB. i. 13: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. JOHN, x. 14: I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. I COR. viii. 3: If any man love God, the same is known of him. 2 TIM. ii. 19: The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, the Lord knoweth them that are his.

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LUKE, XIX. 12: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

PMAT. xxi. 33: There was a certain housholder, which

nd unto one he gave five talents,2 to -two, and to another one; to every man ing to his several ability; and straightway journey.

hen he that had received the five talents nd 'traded with the same, and made them3 ve talents.

nd likewise he that had received two, he ined other two.

But he that had received one went and in the earth, and "hid his lord's money. fter a long time the lord of those servants and reckoneth with them.

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vineyard, and hedged it round about, and let it out dmen, and went into a far country.

xii. 6: Having then gifts differing according to the is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy to the proportion of faith.

. xii. 7, 11, 29: The manifestation of the Spirit is every man to profit withal. All these worketh that the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? rkers of miracles? EPH. iv. Il: And he gave some, and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and stors and teachers.

iv. 10: As every man hath received the gift, even er the same one to another, as good stewards of the grace of God.

iii. 18: Grow in grace.

Js, xx. 30: Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is p, what profit is in them both?

xviii. 23, 24: Therefore is the kingdom of heaven nto a certain king, which would take account of his And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought which owed him ten thousand talents.

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good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 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.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 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.5

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* JOHN, xvii. 24: Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me. 2 TIM. ii. 12: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us. HEB. xii. 2: Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 1 PET. i. 8: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. y 2 COR. viii. 12: If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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a JOB. xxi. 15: What is the Almighty, that we should serve and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? JER. ii. 31; O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, we are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

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His lord answered and said unto him, Thou I and slothful servant, thou knewest that I here I sowed not, and gather where I have awed:

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my to the exchangers, and then at my coming d have received mine own with usury.? ake therefore the talent from him, and unto him that hath ten talents.

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xxvi. 13: The slothful man saith, There is a lion in a lion is in the streets. REV. xxi. 8: But the fearnbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and ngers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall r part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimhich is the second death.

xv. 5, 6: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and osest the tongue of the crafty. Thine own mouth th thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against AT. xviii. 32: Then his Lord, after that he had called unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all because thou desiredst me. LUKE, Xix. 22: And he him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou rvant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow. To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all ngodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches godly sinners have spoken against him.

xiii. 12: For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, all have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, shall be taken away even that he hath. MARK, iv. e that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath him shall be taken even that which he hath. LUKE, Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever im shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from be taken even that which he seemeth to have. do. t one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that

and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.9

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into 'outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his 'right hand, but the goats on the left.

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good part, which shall not be taken away from her. do. 19, 26: For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. JOHN, xv. 2: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

f See on MAT. viii. 12.

* See on ACTs, i. 11.

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i EZEK. XX. 38: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me. do. xxxiv. 17, 20: As for you, O my flock, thus saith the LORD God; Behold, I' judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the hegoats. Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. MAL. iii. 18: Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not. MAT. xiii. 49: The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

* Ps. lxxviii. 52: But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. JOHN, x. 14, 27: I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

HEB. i. 3: Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the