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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=369803" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bible in Poetry: Gospel of St. Matthew (Chapter 25)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘The Heaven’s kingdom is like ten<br>Virgins, who took their lamps to meet, <br>The bridegroom in his wedding feast; <br>Five were foolish but five were wise.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘The foolish ones went with their lamps, <br>Which had no oil in them at all; <br>The wise ones also took their lamps, <br>Along with oil to use in flasks.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘The bridegroom came a bit delayed; <br>The virgins felt drowsy and slept; <br>A cry was heard at midnight loud, <br>‘Behold, the bridegroom comes, meet Him! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The virgins woke and trimmed their lamps; <br>The foolish ones then asked the wise, <br>‘Spare us some oil to keep lamps on.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The wise ones then replied, ‘Sorry, <br>We need the oil for our own lamps; <br>It may not be enough for both; <br>Go to the merchant shop and buy.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While foolish virgins went to buy, <br>The bridegroom came during that time; <br>The ones ready, accompanied him; <br>The wedding hall’s door was then locked.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The other virgins then arrived; <br>They cried, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door! ’<br>The bridegroom but replied, ‘Amen, <br>I say to you, I know you not! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘So, stay awake for, you know not<br>The day, nor hour when bridegroom comes! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘A man who went on a journey, <br>To all his servants, gave money, <br>As per each one’s ability.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘He gave five talents to the first; <br>Two talents to the servant next; <br>One talent only, to the last, <br>And went away immediately! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘The one who got five talents made, <br>Another five talents by trade; <br>The one who had two talents too<br>Likewise had made another two; <br>The one with just one talent dug<br>A hole to bury it in ground.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A long time passed; the master came<br>To settle accounts with servants; <br>He told the first who’d made five more, <br>‘Well done my faithful servant good; <br>I’ll give you better jobs to do; <br>Come share your master’s joy, rejoice! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘He said the same to the second; <br>The one who got just one talent<br>Said, ‘Master, I know you too well.<br>You are a demanding person: <br>Harvesting where you did not plant, <br>Gathering when you didn’t scatter.<br>So, out of fear, I dug a hole<br>And buried it quite safely whole<br>Here is your talent you gave me.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His master then replied to him, <br>‘You wicked, lazy servant, Oh! <br>Your master, when you knew so well, <br>Why didn’t you in a bank, put it, <br>So that the interest, I could get? ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘He took the talent from this one<br>And gave it to the one with ten; <br>The one who labors will get more; <br>The one with less will be made poor! <br>He ordered then, the lazy one, <br>Into the darkness, to be thrown, <br>Where people wail and always groan! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘When Son of Man in glory comes, <br>His angels will surround Him then, <br>And He will sit in His great throne! <br>All nations will stand before Him, <br>He’ll separate one from the next, <br>Like shepherd does with sheep and goats.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘He’ll place his sheep onto His right<br>And place the goats onto his left; <br>To those on right, the king will say, <br>‘Ye, blessed by my Father, come, <br>Into the kingdom made for you, <br>From the beginning of the world! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘For, I was hungry, you gave food; <br>And I was thirsty, you gave drink; <br>I was a stranger, you welcomed; <br>I lay naked and me, you clothed; <br>When I was ill, for me, you cared; <br>When in prison, visit, you paid.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The righteous then will ask the Lord, <br>‘When did we feed you while hungry? <br>When did we offer drink in thirst? <br>When did we welcome you stranger? <br>When did we clothe you when naked? <br>When did we care for you when ill? <br>When did we see you in prison? ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king will say to them again, <br>‘Amen, I say to you, amen, <br>Whatev’r you did unto the least<br>Brothers of mine, you did for me! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then he will say to ones on left, <br>‘Depart from me, you accursed all, <br>Into the fire eternal, <br>Prepared for Satan and devils.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘For, when I was in hunger great, <br>You never gave me food to eat; <br>And when in thirst, for drink, I asked, <br>You never cared to offer me.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘When like a stranger, I met you, <br>You never cared to welcome me; <br>I lay all naked, without clothes, <br>You never cared to spare a dress; <br>In prison when I became ill, <br>You never cared to visit me.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They will then answer and say, ‘Lord, <br>When were you hungry and thirsty? <br>When were you naked, a stranger? <br>When did we fail to meet your needs? ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’ll answer them and say, ‘Amen, <br>What you didn’t do to ones the least, <br>You did not do unto me too! ’<br>‘And these will get eternal rod, <br>While righteous get eternal life! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(6-13-2007)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q>
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