KJV King James Version
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 25:30
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
WEB World English Bible
Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
ASV American Standard Version
And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
Surrounding context — Matthew 25
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 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:
32 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:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀχρεῖονG888 · achreiosworthlessδοῦλονG1401 · doulosslaveἐκβάλετεG1544 · ekballōto expelεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσκότοςG4655 · skotosdarknessτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐξώτερον·G1857 · exōterosouterἐκεῖG1563 · ekeithereἔσταιG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκλαυθμὸςG2805 · klauthmosweepingκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoβρυγμὸςG1030 · brugmosgnashingτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀδόντων.¶G3599 · odoustooth
Cross-references
Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Hebrews 6:7-8For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:Matthew 13:50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.Revelation 3:15-16I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.Matthew 22:13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.Titus 3:14And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.Matthew 24:51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Matthew 13:42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.Luke 13:28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out.John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.Jeremiah 15:1-2Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.Matthew 5:13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Ezekiel 15:2-5Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.Luke 14:34-35Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
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