Bible verses about "opportunities" | Diaglott

²⁵ Falling and he on the breast of the Jesus, he says to him: O lord, who is it? ²⁶ Answers the Jesus: He it is, to whom I have dipped the little piece shall give. And having dipped the little piece, he gives to Judas of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ And after the little piece, then answered into him the adversary. Says then to him the Jesus: What thou doest, do thou quickly. ²⁸ This now no one knew of those reclining with why he said to him.

³⁸ Peter and said to them: Reform you, and be dipped each one of you in the name of Jesus Anointed, for forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gifts of the holy spirit.

⁴⁷ That and the slave who having known the will of the lord of himself, and not having prepared, neither having done according to the will of him shall be beaten many;

¹¹ and not be you joint-partakers with the works with those unfruitful of the darkness, rather but even do you reprove.

¹² He said therefore: A man certain well-born went into a country distant, to receive for himself royal dignity, and to return. ¹³ Having called and ten slaves of himself, he gave to them ten minas, and he said to them: Do you business till I come. ¹⁴ The but citizens of him hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying: Not we are willing this to reign over us. ¹⁵ And it happened in the to return him having received the royal dignity, and ordered to be called to himself the slave those, to whom he gave the silver; that he might know, what each had gained by trading. ¹⁶ Came and the first, saying: O lord, the mina of thee has gained ten minas. ¹⁷ And he said to him: Well, O good slave; because in least faithful thou hast been, be thou authority having over ten cities. ¹⁸ And came the second, saying: O lord, the mina of thee has made five minas. ¹⁹ He said and also to this: Also thou be over five cities. ²⁰ And another came saying: O lord, lo the mina of thee, which I had being laid up in a napkin. ²¹ I feared for thee, because a man harsh thou art; thou takest up, what not thou didst lay down, and thou reapest, what not thou didst sow. ²² He says and to him: Out of the mouth of thee I will judge thee, O evil slave; thou knowest, that I a man harsh am, taking up what not I laid down, and reaping what not I sowed. ²³ And why not thou gavest the silver of me on the table, and I coming with interest might have exacted it? ²⁴ And to those having stood by he said: Take you from him the mina, and give you to the the ten minas having. ²⁵ (and they said to him: O lord, he has ten minas.) ²⁶ I say for to you that to every one the having will be given; from but of the not having, even what he has, will be taken from him. ²⁷ But the enemies of me those, the not willing me to reign over them, bring you hither and slay in presence of me.

¹ Beloved ones, not every spirit do you believe, but do you prove the spirits, if from of the God is; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

¹⁶ He and said to him: A man certain made a supper great, and invited many. ¹⁷ And he sent the slave of himself in the hour of the supper to say to those having been invited: Come you, for now ready is all. ¹⁸ And they began from one to excuse themselves all. The first said to him: A field I bought, and I have need to go out and to see him; I beseech thee, have me having been excused. ¹⁹ And another said: Yokes of oxen I bought five, and I go to try them; I beseech the, have me having been excused. ²⁰ And another said: A wife I married, and because of this not I am able to come. ²¹ And having come the slave that reported to the lord of himself these. Then being angry the householder said to the slave of himself: Go out quickly into the wide places and streets of the city, and the poor ones and maimed ones and lame ones and blind ones bring in hither. ²² And said the slave: O lord, it is done as thou didst order, and still room is. ²³ And said the lord to the slave: Go out into the ways and hedges, and urge to enter, that may be filled the house of me. ²⁴ I say for to you, that no one of the men those the having been invited shall taste of me the supper.

⁹ Not is slow the Lord of the promise, as some slowness account; but is long-suffering towards us not desiring some to perish, but all for a reformation to come.

¹⁶ buying for yourselves the season, because the days evil are.

¹ Then will be compared the kingdom of the heavens ten virgins, who having taken the lamps of them, went out to a meeting of the bridegroom. ² Five and were of them prudent, and five foolish. ³ Who foolish, having taken the lamps of them, not took with themselves oil. ⁴ The but prudent took oil in the vessels of them with the lamps of them. ⁵ Delaying and the bridegroom, nodded all, and did sleep. ⁶ Of middle and night a cry was raised; Lo, the bridegroom comes; go out to a meeting of him. ⁷ Then arose all the virgins those, and put in order the lamps of them. ⁸ The but foolish to the prudent said: Give to us out of the oil of you, because the lamps of us are extinguished. ⁹ Answered but the prudent, saying: Lest not it might suffice to us and to you; go you rather to the selling, and buy to yourselves. ¹⁰ Going away and of them to buy, came the bridegroom; and the prepared ones entered with him into the nuptial-feasts; and was closed the door. ¹¹ Afterwards and came also the remaining virgins, saying: O lord, O lord, open to us. ¹² The but answering said: Indeed I say to you, not know you. ¹³ Watch you therefore, because not you know the day, nor the hour. ¹⁴ Like for a man going abroad called the own slaves, and delivered to them the goods of him. ¹⁵ and to him indeed he gave five talents, to him and two, to him and one; to each according to the own power; and went abroad immediately. ¹⁶ Going and he the five talents having received, traded with them, and made other five talents. ¹⁷ Likewise also he the two, gained also he other two. ¹⁸ He but the one having received having retired digged in the earth, and hid the silver of the lord of him. ¹⁹ After but time much comes the lord of the slaves those, and adjusts with them an account. ²⁰ And coming he the five talents having received, brought other five talents, saying: O lord, five talents to me thou delivered; see, other five talents I gained upon them. ²¹ Said to him the lord of him: Well, O slave good and faithful; over a few (things) thou wast faithful, over many thee I will place; enter into the joy of the lord of thee. ²² Coming and also he the two talents having received, said: O lord, two talents to me thou deliveredst; lo, other two talents I gained upon them; ²³ Said to him the lord of him: Well, O slave good and faithful; over a few (things) thou wast faithful, over many thee I will place; enter into the joy of the lord of thee. ²⁴ Coming and also he the one talent having taken, said: O lord, I knew thee, that hard thou art a man, reaping where not thou sowed, and gathering whence not thou scatteredst; ²⁵ and being afraid, going away I hid the talent of thee in the earth; lo, thou hast the thine. ²⁶ Answering and the lord of him said to him: O wicked slave and slothful, didst thou know, that I reap where not I sowed, and gather whence not I scattered? ²⁷ It behooved then thee cast the silver of me to the bankers; and coming I might have received the mine with interest. ²⁸ Take you therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents. ²⁹ To the for having all shall be given, and he shall abound; from but the not having, even what he has, shall be taken away from him. ³⁰ And the useless slave cast you into the darkness the outer; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth. ³¹ When and may come the son of the man in the glory of him, and all the messengers with him, then shall be sit on a throne of glory of him, ³² and will be gathered in presence of him all the nations; and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; ³³ and and he will place the indeed sheep by right of him, the and goats by left. ³⁴ Then will say the king to the by right of him: Come the having been blessed of the Father of me, inherit the having been prepared to you kingdom from a foundation of world. ³⁵ I hungered for, and you gave to me to eat; I thirsted, and you gave drink to me; a stranger I was, and you entertained me; ³⁶ naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; in prison I was, and you came to me. ³⁷ Then shall answer to him the just one, saying: O lord, when thee we saw hungering, and nourished? or thirsting, and we gave drink? ³⁸ When and thee we saw a stranger, and we entertained? or naked, and we clothed? ³⁹ When and thee we saw sick, or in prison, and we came to thee? ⁴⁰ And answering the king will say to them: Indeed I say to you, in whatever you did, to one of these of the brothers of me of the least, to me you did. ⁴¹ Then he will say also to the of left: Go from me the having been cursed into the fire the everlasting, that having been prepared to the accuser and to the messengers of him. ⁴² I hungered for, and not you gave to me to eat; I thirsted, and not you gave drink to me; ⁴³ a stranger I was, and not you entertained me; naked, and not you clothed me; sick, and in prison, and not you visited me. ⁴⁴ Then will answer and they, saying: O lord, when thee we saw hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and not we served thee? ⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, saying: Indeed I say to you, in as much not you did to one of these of the least, neither to me you did. ⁴⁶ And shall go away these into a cutting-off age-lasting; the and just ones into life age-lasting.