Ezekiel 38:1-23

(1)  The word of the LORD came to me:

(2)  "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him

(3)  and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

(4)  And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords.

(5)  Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

(6)  Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes--many peoples are with you.

(7)  "Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.

(8)  After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them.

(9)  You will advance, coming on like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.

(10)  "Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme

(11)  and say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,'

(12)  to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.

(13)  Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, 'Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?'

(14)  "Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know it?

(15)  You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army.

(16)  You will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

(17)  "Thus says the Lord GOD: Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?

(18)  But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, my wrath will be roused in my anger.

(19)  For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

(20)  The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence. And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.

(21)  I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. Every man's sword will be against his brother.

(22)  With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.

(23)  So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Matthew 25:1-46

(1)  "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

(2)  Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

(3)  For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

(4)  but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

(5)  As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

(6)  But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'

(7)  Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.

(8)  And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

(9)  But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'

(10)  And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

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

(12)  But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.'

(13)  Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

(14)  "For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.

(15)  To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.

(16)  He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.

(17)  So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.

(18)  But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.

(19)  Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

(20)  And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.'

(21)  His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.'

(22)  And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.'

(23)  His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.'

(24)  He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,

(25)  so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'

(26)  But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed?

(27)  Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

(28)  So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.

(29)  For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

(30)  And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

(31)  "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

(32)  Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

(33)  And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

(34)  Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

(35)  For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

(36)  I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

(37)  Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

(38)  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

(39)  And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'

(40)  And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

(41)  "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

(42)  For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,

(43)  I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

(44)  Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

(45)  Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'

(46)  And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

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