§ 129. Transition to Christ’s final coming. Exhortation. Parables. (Third Day Of The Week.) _Mount of Olives_. Matthew. CH. XXIV. 43-51. CH. XXV. 1-30. 43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed _is_ that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite _his_ fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for _him_, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint _him_ his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CH. XXV. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five _were_ foolish. 3 They that _were_ foolish took their lamps, and 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 there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh: go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, _Not so_; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily, I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 14 For _the kingdom of heaven is_ as a man travelling into a far country, _who_ called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same, and made _them_ other five talents. 17 And likewise he that _had received_ two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents, came and brought