New American Standard Bible

Matthew 25:25-34 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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

26. "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.

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

28. Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.'

29. "For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

30. Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

31. "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

32. 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;

33. and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

34. "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.