Bible verses about "opportunities" | Bishops

¹⁹ Neuerthelesse, if thou geue warning vnto the wicked, and he yet turne not from his vngodlynesse and from his wicked way: he shall dye in his owne wickednesse, but thou hast deliuered thy soule

²⁵ He then, when he leaned on Iesus brest, sayde vnto hym: Lorde, who is it ²⁶ Iesus aunswered: He it is to whom I geue a sop when I haue dipped it. And he wet the sop, and gaue it to Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne ²⁷ And after the sop, Satan entred into hym. Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: That thou doest, do quickly ²⁸ That wiste no man at the table, for what intent he spake vnto hym

³⁸ Then Peter sayde vnto them: Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost

⁴⁷ And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll, and prepared not hym selfe, neither dyd accordyng to his wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes

¹¹ And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse, but rather euen rebuke them

³ (100:2) Be ye sure that God is the Lorde, it is he that hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture

²⁴ Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded ²⁵ But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught ²⁶ Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you ²⁷ Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you ²⁸ Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde ³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction ³¹ Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions ³² For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them ³³ But whoso hearkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll

⁵ Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse: but he that is sluggishe in haruest, bringeth hym selfe to confusion

²⁰ The haruest is gone, the sommer hath an ende, and we are not helped

¹² He sayde therfore: A certayne noble man went into a farre countrey, to receaue for hym selfe a kyngdome, and to come agayne ¹³ And he called his ten seruauntes, & deliuered the ten peeces of money, saying vnto them, Occupie tyl I come ¹⁴ But his citezins hated hym, and sent a message after hym, saying: We wyll not haue this man to raigne ouer vs ¹⁵ And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying ¹⁶ Then came the first, saying: Lorde thy peece hath gayned ten peeces ¹⁷ And he sayde vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt, because thou hast ben faythfull in a very litle thing, haue thou aucthoritie ouer ten cities ¹⁸ And the seconde came, saying: Thy peece hath encreased fiue peeces ¹⁹ And to the same he sayde, be thou also ruler ouer fyue cities ²⁰ And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin ²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe ²² He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe ²³ And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage ²⁴ And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces ²⁵ And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces ²⁶ For I say vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen: and fro hym that hath not, shalbe taken away euen that he hath ²⁷ Moreouer, those mine enemies, which woulde not that I shoulde raigne ouer the, bring hyther, & slea them before me

¹ Dearly beloued, beleue not euery spirite: but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not: for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde

¹⁶ Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many ¹⁷ And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy ¹⁸ And they all at once began to make excuse. The first sayde vnto hym: I haue bought a farme, & I must needes go & see it, I pray thee haue me excused ¹⁹ And another sayde: I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I go to proue them, I pray thee haue me excused ²⁰ And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come ²¹ And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde ²² And the seruaunt sayde: Lorde, it is done as thou hast commaunded, and yet there is rowme ²³ And the Lorde sayde to the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes & hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be fylled ²⁴ For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper

⁹ The Lorde that hath promised, is not slacke, as some men count slacknesse, but is pacient to vswarde [forasmuch] as he woulde haue no man lost, but wyll receaue all men to repentaunce

¹⁶ Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll

¹ Then shall the kyngdome of heauen be lykened vnto ten virgins, which toke their lampes, and went to meete the brydegrome ² But fyue of them were foolyshe, and fyue were wyse ³ They that were foolyshe, toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them ⁴ But the wise, toke oyle in their vessels, with their lampes also ⁵ Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept ⁶ And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lampes ⁸ So the foolyshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out ⁹ But the wyse aunswered, saying: [not so] lest there be not inough for vs & you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues ¹⁰ And whyle they went to bye, the brydegome came: and they that were redy, went in with hym, to ye maryage, and the gate was shut vp ¹¹ Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs ¹² But he aunswered and sayde: veryly I say vnto you, I knowe you not ¹³ Watch therfore, for ye knowe neither the day, nor yet the houre, wherin the sonne of man shall come ¹⁴ Lykewyse, as a [certayne] man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes ¹⁵ And vnto one, he gaue fyue talentes, to another two, and to another one: to euery man after his habilitie, & strayght way departed ¹⁶ Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, went, and occupyed with the same, & made [them] other fyue talentes ¹⁷ And lykewyse, he [that receaued] two: he also gayned other two ¹⁸ But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money ¹⁹ After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them ²⁰ And so, he that had receaued fyue talentes, came, and brought other fyue talentes, saying: Lorde, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes, beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes mo ²¹ His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde ²² He also that had receaued two talentes, came, and sayde: Lorde thou delyueredst vnto me two talentes, beholde, I haue wonne two other taletes with them ²³ His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde ²⁴ Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed ²⁵ And [therfore] was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is ²⁶ His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed ²⁷ Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes ²⁹ For vnto euery one that hath, shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundaunce: But he that hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath ³⁰ And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth ³¹ When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie ³² And before hym shalbe gathered all nations: and he shall seperate them one from another, as a shephearde deuideth his sheepe from the goates ³³ And he shall set the sheepe on his right hande, but the goates on the lefte ³⁴ Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde ³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in ³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me ³⁷ Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke ³⁸ When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee ³⁹ Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done [it] vnto me ⁴¹ Then shall he saye vnto them on the left hande: Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuyll and his angels ⁴² For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me no drynke ⁴³ I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not ⁴⁴ Then shall they also aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirste, or harbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and did not minister vnto thee ⁴⁵ Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me ⁴⁶ And these shall go into euerlastyng payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall