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30 This servant cannot work for me any longer. Take him outside and throw him into a dark place. There, people will cry and they will bite their teeth together.” ’[a]

God judges everybody

31 Jesus said, ‘I, the Son of Man, will return one day. Then people will see that I am great and powerful. All God's angels will come with me. I will sit on my great seat as king. 32 People from all the countries in the world will come together in front of me. I will put them into two groups. I will do it in the same way that a shepherd puts his sheep and goats into two groups.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:30 In the story, Jesus was telling people that God gives us gifts. So we must be careful how we use them. One day, he will ask us how we used those gifts.

30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)

The Sheep and the Goats

31 “When the Son of Man comes(B) in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.(C) 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate(D) the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.(E)

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