Bible verses about "opportunities" | ABU

²⁵ And he, leaning back on Jesus' breast, says to him: Lord, who is it? ²⁶ Jesus answers: He it is, to whom I shall give the morsel, when I have dipped it. And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. ²⁷ And after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore says to him: What thou doest, do quickly. ²⁸ And no one at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him.

³⁸ And Peter said to them: Repent, and be each of you immersed, upon the name of Jesus Christ, unto remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

⁴⁷ And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

¹¹ and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them.

¹² He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ¹³ And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Traffic, till I come. ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when he had returned, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what each gained by trading. ¹⁶ And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound gained ten pounds. ¹⁷ And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because thou wast faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. ¹⁸ And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound made five pounds. ¹⁹ And he said also to this man: And be thou over five cities. ²⁰ And another came, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin. ²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow. ²² And he says to him: Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ Why then didst thou not put my money into the bank? and I, at my coming, should have required it with interest. ²⁴ And he said to those standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has the ten pounds. ²⁵ And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds. ²⁶ For I say to you, that to every one that has shall be given; and from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away. ²⁷ But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

¹ BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

¹⁶ And he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and bade many. ¹⁷ And he sent his servant, at the hour of the supper, to say to those who were bidden: Come, for all things are now ready. ¹⁸ And they all, with one mind, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee let me be excused. ¹⁹ And another said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial of them; I pray thee let me be excused. ²⁰ And another said: I married a wife; and therefore I can not come. ²¹ And the servant came, and reported these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind. ²² And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou didst command, and yet there is room. ²³ And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled; ²⁴ for I say to you, that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my supper.

⁹ The Lord is not tardy in respect to the promise, as some account tardiness; but is long-suffering toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹ THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were wise, and five foolish. ³ The foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil with them; ⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying: Not so; there will not be enough for us and you. Go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they who were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the door was shut. ¹¹ And afterward come also the rest of the virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But he answering said: Verily I say to you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour! ¹⁴ For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods; ¹⁵ and to one gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and straightway went abroad. ¹⁶ And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained other five talents. ¹⁷ Likewise also he that received the two gained other two. ¹⁸ But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them. ²⁰ And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold, I gained other five talents beside them. ²¹ His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And he also that received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold, I gained other two talents beside them. ²³ His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And he also that received the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou strewedst not. ²⁵ And fearing, I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Lo, thou hast thine own. ²⁶ And his lord answering said to him: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I strewed not? ²⁷ Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers; and when I came, I should have received my own with interest. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give to him that has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away. ³⁰ And cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! ³¹ And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory. ³² And before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he will divide them one from another, as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in, ³⁶ naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee? ³⁹ And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me. ⁴¹ Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye did not give me drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye did not take me in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and ye did not visit me. ⁴⁴ Then will they also answer, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? ⁴⁵ Then will he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.