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The parable of the talent

(Matthew 25: 14-30) 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.   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. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou ...

Divide into sheep and goats

『 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:   And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:   And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:   For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee...

High priests mock to kill Jesus

A nd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,   Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. (Matthew 26: 1-5)   You must have a good understanding of the feast day because Jesus' first Coming and Second Coming are deeply related to this feast day. When traveling, the Apostle Paul did not move in view of the solar calendar or calendar dates, but rather through the seasons of Israel. The 20th chapter of the book of Acts is three years older than the 18th chapter. (Matthew 26: 1-5) 『 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto ...

A woman who poured perfume on Jesus' head

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.   But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.   When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. (Matthew 26: 6-13) Jesus said many times that he would die and be resurrected in three days. None of the disciples listened to this statement. But the only thing was, when Jesus was in Simon's house, a le...

Passover lamb

  Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,   And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.   And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?   And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.   And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.   Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.   And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.   And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?   And he answered and said, He...