Study Desk

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

"Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

"Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

"And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

"But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

"Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

"Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

"But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

"For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

"To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.

"But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

"His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'

"His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'

"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.

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

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

"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.