Section XLIII.

[1] ^29472947    Luke xii. 41.Simon Cephas said unto him, Our Lord, is it to us that thou hast spoken this [2] parable, or also to every man?  ^29482948    Luke xii. 42a [Borg. ms. omits Luke xii. 42a]; Matt. xxiv. 45.Jesus said unto him, Who, thinkest thou, is the servant, the master of the house,^29492949    i.e., the steward. trusted with control,^29502950    Borg. ms. has trusted and faithful.  Doubtless we should supply diacritical points to the reading of Vat. ms., and translate trusted and wise.  Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary, however, has both and wise and the word translated with control, used in a different sense. whom his lord set over his [3] household, to give them their food in its season?  ^29512951    Matt. xxiv. 46.Blessed is that servant, whom his [4] lord shall come and find having done so.  ^29522952    Luke xii. 44a; Matt. xxiv. 47b.Verily I say unto you, He will set him [5] over all that he hath.  ^29532953    Matt. xxiv. 48; Luke xii. 45b.But if that evil servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his [6] coming; ^29542954    Matt. xxiv. 49b.and shall begin to beat his servants and the maidservants of his lord, and [7] shall begin to eat and to drink with the drunken; ^29552955    Matt. xxiv. 50.the lord of that servant shall come [8] in the day that he thinketh not, and in the hour that he knoweth not, ^29562956    Matt. xxiv. 51a.and shall [Arabic, p. 163] judge him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites, ^29572957    Luke xii. 46b.and with those that are not faithful:  ^29582958    Matt. xxiv. 51b.there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[9] ^29592959    Matt. xxv. 1.Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like unto ten virgins, those that took their [10] lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom and the bride.  ^29602960    Matt. xxv. 2.Five of them were [11] wise, and five foolish.  ^29612961    Matt. xxv. 3.And those foolish ones took their lamps, and took not with [12, 13] them oil:  ^29622962    Matt. xxv. 4.but those wise ones took oil in vessels along with their lamps.  ^29632963    Matt. xxv. 5.When then [14] the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.  ^29642964    Matt. xxv. 6.But in the middle of the night there occurred a cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh!  Go forth therefore to [15, 16] meet him.  ^29652965    Matt. xxv. 7.Then all those virgins arose, and made ready their lamps.  ^29662966    Matt. xxv. 8.The foolish [17] said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.  ^29672967    Matt. xxv. 9.But those wise answered and said, Perhaps^29682968    See § 10, 17, and § 4, 24, note. there will not be enough for us and you:  but go ye to 110[18] the sellers, and buy for yourselves.  ^29692969    Matt. xxv. 10.And when they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast:  and [19] the door was shut.  ^29702970    Matt. xxv. 11.And at last those other virgins also came and said, Our Lord, [20] our Lord, open unto us.  ^29712971    Matt. xxv. 12.He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, [21] I know you not.  ^29722972    Matt. xxv. 13.Watch then, for ye know not that day nor that hour.

[22] ^29732973    Matt. xxv. 14.It is as a man, who went on a journey, and called his servants, and delivered unto [23] them his possessions.  ^29742974    Matt. xxv. 15.And unto one he gave five talents,^29752975    cf. § 27, 2, note. and another two, and another [24] one; every one according to his strength; and went on his journey forthwith.  ^29762976    Matt. xxv. 16.He [Arabic, p. 164] then that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained [26] other five.  ^29772977    Matt. xxv. 17.And so also he of the two gained other two.  ^29782978    Matt. xxv. 18.But he that received [27] the one went and digged in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.  ^29792979    Matt. xxv. 19.And after a long time the lord of those servants came, and took from them the account.  [28] ^29802980    Matt. xxv. 20.And he that received five talents came near and brought other five, and said, My lord, thou gavest me five talents:  lo, I have gained other five in addition to them.  [29] ^29812981    Matt. xxv. 21.His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant:  over a little hast [30] thou been faithful, over much will I set thee:  enter into the joy of thy lord.  ^29822982    Matt. xxv. 22.And he that had the two came near and said, My lord, thou gavest me two talents:  lo, [31] other two have I gained in addition to them.  ^29832983    Matt. xxv. 23.His lord said unto him, Good,^29842984    A Persian word.  The Vat. ms. omits it. thou faithful servant:  over a little hast thou been faithful, over much will I set thee:  enter [32] into the joy of thy lord.  ^29852985    Matt. xxv. 24.And he also that received the one talent came forward and said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a severe man, who reapest where thou [33] sowest not, and gatherest where thou didst not scatter:  ^29862986    Matt. xxv. 25.and so I was afraid, and [34] went away and hid thy talent in the earth:  lo, thou hast what is thine.  ^29872987    Matt. xxv. 26.His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest me [35] that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; ^29882988    Matt. xxv. 27.it was incumbent on thee to put my money to the bank,^29892989    Lit. table (cf. Peshitta). and then I should come and seek it with its [36] gains.  ^29902990    Matt. xxv. 28.Take now from him the talent, and give it to him that hath ten talents.  [37] ^29912991    Matt. xxv. 29.Whosoever hath shall be given, and he shall have more:  but he that hath not, even [38] [Arabic, p. 165] what he hath shall be taken from him.  ^29922992    Matt. xxv. 30.And the unprofitable servant, put him forth into the outer darkness:  there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[39, 40] ^29932993    Luke xii. 35.Your loins shall be girded, and your lamps lit; ^29942994    Luke xii. 36.and ye shall be like the people that are looking for their lord, when he shall return from the feast; so that, when [41] he cometh and knocketh, they may at once open unto him.  ^29952995    Luke xii. 37.Blessed are those servants, whom their lord shall come and find attentive:  verily I say unto you, that he will gird his waist, and make them sit down, and pass through^29962996    cf. Peshitta (and Greek). them and serve [42] them.  ^29972997    Luke xii. 38.And if he come in the second watch, or the third, and find thus, blessed are those servants.

[43] ^29982998    Matt. xxv. 31.But when the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his pure angels with him, [44] then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:  ^29992999    Matt. xxv. 32.and he will gather before him all the nations, and separate them the one from the other, like the shepherd who separateth [45] the sheep from the goats; ^30003000    Matt. xxv. 33.and will set^30013001    Or, and setteth; but the Peshitta confirms the rendering given above. the sheep on his right, and the goats on his [46] left.  ^30023002    Matt. xxv. 34.Then shall the King say to those that are at his right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations^30033003    cf. § 17, 17, note. of the world:  [47] ^30043004    Matt. xxv. 35.I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; and I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; and I [48] was a stranger, and ye took me in; ^30053005    Matt. xxv. 36.and I was naked, and ye clothed me; and I [49] was sick, and ye visited me; and I was in prison, and ye cared for me.  ^30063006    Matt. xxv. 37.Then shall those righteous say unto him, Our Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? [50] or thirsty, and gave thee to drink?  ^30073007    Matt. xxv. 38.And when saw we thee a stranger, and took [51] thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?  ^30083008    Matt. xxv. 39.And when saw we thee sick, or imprisoned, and [52] cared for thee?  ^30093009    Matt. xxv. 40.The King shall answer and say^30103010    Perfect tenses, as in Peshitta. unto them, Verily I say unto you, What [53] [Arabic, p. 166] ye did to one of these my brethren, the little ones, ye did unto me.  ^30113011    Matt. xxv. 41.Then shall he say unto those that are on his left also, Depart from me, ye cursed, [54] into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his hosts:  ^30123012    Matt. xxv. 42.I hungered, and ye fed me [55] not; and I thirsted, and ye did not give me to drink; ^30133013    Matt. xxv. 43.and I was a stranger, and ye 111took me not in; and I was naked, and ye clothed me not; and I was sick, and imprisoned, [56] and ye visited me not.  ^30143014    Matt. xxv. 44.Then shall those also answer and say, Our Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or naked, or a stranger, or sick, or imprisoned, [57] and did not minister unto thee?  ^30153015    Matt. xxv. 45.Then shall he answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, When ye did it not unto one of these little ones, ye did it not [58] unto me also.  ^30163016    Matt. xxv. 46.And these shall go away into eternal punishment:  but the righteous into eternal life.