WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.948 --> 00:00:03.778 Day 58. 00:00:04.341 --> 00:00:10.251 that same day, Jesus was approached by some Sadducees religious leaders who say 00:00:10.251 --> 00:00:12.261 there is no resurrection from the dead. 00:00:13.131 --> 00:00:19.491 They posed this question, teacher Moses said, if a man dies without 00:00:19.491 --> 00:00:23.001 children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who 00:00:23.001 --> 00:00:24.621 would carry on the brother's name. 00:00:25.491 --> 00:00:27.561 Well, suppose there were seven brothers. 00:00:28.266 --> 00:00:30.996 The oldest one married and then died without children. 00:00:31.506 --> 00:00:35.856 So his brother married the widow, but the second brother also died 00:00:36.216 --> 00:00:37.686 and the third brother married her. 00:00:38.466 --> 00:00:40.596 This continued with all seven of them. 00:00:41.196 --> 00:00:43.806 Last of all, the woman also died. 00:00:44.346 --> 00:00:49.536 So tell us whose wife will she be in the resurrection for all seven. 00:00:49.536 --> 00:00:50.436 Were married to her. 00:00:51.576 --> 00:00:52.836 Jesus replied. 00:00:53.511 --> 00:00:57.621 Your mistake is that you don't know the scriptures and you don't know the 00:00:57.621 --> 00:01:00.981 power of God for when the dead rise. 00:01:01.221 --> 00:01:04.011 They will neither marry nor be given in marriage. 00:01:04.551 --> 00:01:05.511 In this respect. 00:01:05.871 --> 00:01:07.971 They will be like the angels in heaven. 00:01:09.201 --> 00:01:14.091 But now as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead, haven't you 00:01:14.091 --> 00:01:15.921 ever read about this in the scriptures? 00:01:16.611 --> 00:01:24.171 Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said, I am the God of Abraham, 00:01:24.291 --> 00:01:26.871 the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 00:01:27.591 --> 00:01:30.801 So he is the God of the living, not the dead. 00:01:32.211 --> 00:01:38.061 When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching, but when the 00:01:38.066 --> 00:01:43.251 Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they 00:01:43.251 --> 00:01:45.311 met together to question him again. 00:01:46.236 --> 00:01:51.756 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question, 00:01:52.836 --> 00:01:57.606 teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses. 00:01:58.866 --> 00:02:04.176 Jesus replied, you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, 00:02:04.506 --> 00:02:06.816 all your soul, and all your mind. 00:02:07.656 --> 00:02:10.296 This is the first and greatest commandment. 00:02:10.836 --> 00:02:12.636 A second is equally important. 00:02:13.086 --> 00:02:14.976 Love your neighbor as yourself. 00:02:15.591 --> 00:02:18.771 The entire law in all the demands of the prophets are 00:02:18.771 --> 00:02:20.751 based on these two commandments. 00:02:22.311 --> 00:02:25.071 Then surrounded by the Pharisees. 00:02:25.581 --> 00:02:30.411 Jesus asked them a question, what do you think about the Messiah? 00:02:30.891 --> 00:02:32.241 Whose son is he? 00:02:33.231 --> 00:02:36.111 They replied, he is the son of David. 00:02:37.161 --> 00:02:38.511 Jesus responded. 00:02:39.246 --> 00:02:42.996 Then why does David speaking under the inspiration of the spirit? 00:02:43.386 --> 00:02:50.136 Call the Messiah my Lord, for David said, the Lord said to my Lord, sit in the 00:02:50.136 --> 00:02:55.386 place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet. 00:02:55.986 --> 00:03:01.416 Since David called the Messiah, my Lord, how can the Messiah be his son? 00:03:02.496 --> 00:03:04.086 No one could answer him. 00:03:04.686 --> 00:03:09.216 And after that, No one dared to ask him any more questions. 00:03:10.686 --> 00:03:16.476 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, the teachers of religious 00:03:16.476 --> 00:03:21.606 law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses. 00:03:22.296 --> 00:03:27.426 So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don't follow their example. 00:03:28.131 --> 00:03:30.351 For, they don't practice what they teach. 00:03:30.801 --> 00:03:35.001 They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift 00:03:35.001 --> 00:03:36.741 a finger to ease the burden. 00:03:37.701 --> 00:03:41.511 Everything they do is for show on their arms. 00:03:41.511 --> 00:03:45.771 They wear extra wide prayer boxes with scripture verses inside, and 00:03:45.776 --> 00:03:49.761 they wear robes with extra long tassels, and they love to sit at the 00:03:49.761 --> 00:03:53.421 head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues. 00:03:54.036 --> 00:03:56.796 They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the 00:03:56.796 --> 00:03:59.676 marketplaces and to be called Rabbi. 00:04:00.546 --> 00:04:06.786 Don't let anyone call you Rabbi, for you have only one teacher, and all of you are 00:04:06.816 --> 00:04:12.366 equal as brothers and sisters and don't address anyone here on Earth as father. 00:04:12.816 --> 00:04:15.276 For only God in heaven is your father. 00:04:15.876 --> 00:04:21.516 And don't let anyone call you teacher for you have only one teacher, the Messiah. 00:04:22.221 --> 00:04:26.331 The greatest among you must be a servant, but those who exalt 00:04:26.331 --> 00:04:31.101 themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted. 00:04:31.911 --> 00:04:33.591 What sorrow awaits you? 00:04:33.596 --> 00:04:38.391 Teachers of religious law and you, pharisees, hypocrites, for 00:04:38.391 --> 00:04:41.931 you shut the door of the Kingdom of heaven and people's faces. 00:04:42.471 --> 00:04:46.181 You won't go in yourselves and you don't let others enter either. 00:04:47.286 --> 00:04:51.066 What sorrow awaits you, teachers of religious law and you, pharisees, 00:04:51.396 --> 00:04:57.156 hypocrites, for you cross land and seed to make one convert and then you turn 00:04:57.161 --> 00:04:59.616 that person into twice the child of hell. 00:04:59.616 --> 00:05:03.276 You yourselves are blind guides. 00:05:03.666 --> 00:05:05.196 What sorrow awaits you? 00:05:06.021 --> 00:05:11.091 For you say that it means nothing to swear by God's temple, but that it is binding 00:05:11.091 --> 00:05:12.951 to swear by the gold in the temple. 00:05:13.371 --> 00:05:17.301 Blind fools, which is more important, the gold or the temple 00:05:17.306 --> 00:05:18.801 that makes the gold sacred. 00:05:19.401 --> 00:05:23.241 And you say that to swear by the altar is not binding, but to swear 00:05:23.241 --> 00:05:25.641 by the gifts on the altar is binding. 00:05:26.151 --> 00:05:31.191 How blind for which is more important, the gift on the altar or the 00:05:31.191 --> 00:05:33.261 altar that makes the gift sacred. 00:05:34.146 --> 00:05:38.856 When you swear by the altar, you are swearing by it and by everything on it. 00:05:39.186 --> 00:05:44.586 And when you swear by the temple, you are swearing by it and by God who lives in it. 00:05:45.006 --> 00:05:49.686 And when you swear by heaven, you are swearing by the throne of God 00:05:49.686 --> 00:05:52.296 and by God who sits on the throne. 00:05:53.706 --> 00:05:55.476 What's sorrow awaits you? 00:05:55.476 --> 00:05:58.206 Teachers of religious law and you, Pharisees. 00:05:58.641 --> 00:06:04.041 Hypocrites for you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb 00:06:04.041 --> 00:06:09.801 gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law, justice, mercy, 00:06:09.801 --> 00:06:15.591 and faith, you should tithe yes, but do not neglect the more important things. 00:06:16.191 --> 00:06:17.331 Blind guides. 00:06:17.481 --> 00:06:20.391 You strain your water so you won't accidentally swallow a 00:06:20.391 --> 00:06:22.881 net, but you swallow a camel. 00:06:23.676 --> 00:06:25.386 What sorrow awaits you? 00:06:25.386 --> 00:06:30.786 Teachers of religious law and you, pharisees, hypocrites, for you are so 00:06:30.786 --> 00:06:36.006 careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy 00:06:36.426 --> 00:06:38.766 full of greed and self-indulgence. 00:06:39.066 --> 00:06:45.306 You blind Pharisee first wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and 00:06:45.306 --> 00:06:47.766 then the outside will become clean too. 00:06:48.486 --> 00:06:50.346 What sorrow awaits you. 00:06:50.346 --> 00:06:54.786 Teachers of religious law and you, pharisees, hypocrites, for you are 00:06:54.786 --> 00:06:59.526 like whitewashed tombs beautiful on the outside, but filled on 00:06:59.526 --> 00:07:03.876 the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity. 00:07:04.536 --> 00:07:09.396 Outwardly, you look like righteous people, but inwardly, your hearts are 00:07:09.396 --> 00:07:11.676 filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness. 00:07:12.516 --> 00:07:16.596 What sorrow awaits you, teachers of religious law and you pharisees, 00:07:16.806 --> 00:07:21.486 hypocrites, for you build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed 00:07:21.816 --> 00:07:26.196 and you decorate the monuments of the godly people, your ancestors destroyed. 00:07:26.766 --> 00:07:31.836 Then you say, if we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would never 00:07:31.836 --> 00:07:33.786 have joined them in killing the prophets. 00:07:34.806 --> 00:07:38.976 But in saying that you testify against yourselves, that you 00:07:38.976 --> 00:07:42.576 are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 00:07:43.386 --> 00:07:46.296 Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started. 00:07:46.776 --> 00:07:49.116 Snakes Sons of Vipers. 00:07:49.476 --> 00:07:52.176 How will you escape the judgment of hell? 00:07:53.016 --> 00:07:58.896 Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. 00:07:59.451 --> 00:08:03.831 But you will kill some by crucifixion and you will flog others 00:08:03.831 --> 00:08:07.851 with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city. 00:08:08.571 --> 00:08:12.321 As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of 00:08:12.321 --> 00:08:14.511 all godly people of all time. 00:08:14.811 --> 00:08:19.881 From the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah, son of Barak 00:08:19.881 --> 00:08:24.171 Kaya, whom you killed in the temple between the sanctuary and the altar. 00:08:25.026 --> 00:08:28.896 I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this 00:08:28.896 --> 00:08:32.226 very generation, oh, Jerusalem. 00:08:32.226 --> 00:08:37.116 Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones, God's messengers. 00:08:37.656 --> 00:08:42.216 How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a, he 00:08:42.396 --> 00:08:46.206 protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me. 00:08:46.686 --> 00:08:50.736 And now look, your house is abandoned and desolate. 00:08:51.351 --> 00:08:57.831 For I tell you this, you will never see me again until you say blessings on the 00:08:57.831 --> 00:09:00.621 one who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:09:02.661 --> 00:09:07.071 As Jesus was leaving the temple grounds, his disciples pointed out to him 00:09:07.071 --> 00:09:12.921 the various temple buildings, but he responded, do you see all these buildings? 00:09:13.521 --> 00:09:17.301 I tell you the truth, they will be completely demolished. 00:09:17.571 --> 00:09:20.211 Not one stone will be left on top of another. 00:09:21.516 --> 00:09:22.146 Later. 00:09:22.596 --> 00:09:24.816 Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. 00:09:25.356 --> 00:09:31.296 His disciples came to him privately and said, tell us when will all this happen? 00:09:31.866 --> 00:09:35.196 What sign will signal your return and the end of the world? 00:09:36.366 --> 00:09:40.296 Jesus told them, don't let anyone mislead you. 00:09:40.806 --> 00:09:44.316 For many will come in my name, claiming I am the Messiah. 00:09:44.946 --> 00:09:49.956 They will deceive many and you will hear of wars and threats of wars. 00:09:50.316 --> 00:09:51.306 But don't panic. 00:09:51.846 --> 00:09:57.516 Yes, these things must take place, but the end won't follow immediately. 00:09:58.266 --> 00:10:02.106 Nation will go to war against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom. 00:10:02.766 --> 00:10:07.806 There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world, but all this 00:10:07.811 --> 00:10:10.116 is only the first of the birth pains. 00:10:10.266 --> 00:10:15.576 With more to come, then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. 00:10:16.146 --> 00:10:19.776 You'll be hated all over the world because you are my followers. 00:10:20.616 --> 00:10:25.416 Many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other, and many false prophets 00:10:25.416 --> 00:10:27.576 will appear and will deceive many people. 00:10:28.356 --> 00:10:34.236 Sin will be rampant everywhere and the love of many will grow cold, but the one 00:10:34.236 --> 00:10:36.966 who endures to the end will be saved. 00:10:37.386 --> 00:10:40.566 And the good news about the kingdom will be preached throughout the 00:10:40.566 --> 00:10:46.236 whole world so that all nations will hear it, and then the end will come. 00:10:47.406 --> 00:10:51.096 The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke 00:10:51.101 --> 00:10:55.626 about, the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the 00:10:55.626 --> 00:10:58.476 holy place reader, pay attention. 00:10:59.436 --> 00:11:02.556 Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. 00:11:03.066 --> 00:11:06.786 A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house 00:11:06.786 --> 00:11:11.766 to pack a person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. 00:11:12.486 --> 00:11:16.746 How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. 00:11:17.226 --> 00:11:21.966 And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath, for 00:11:21.966 --> 00:11:26.106 there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began, 00:11:26.766 --> 00:11:28.806 and it will never be so great again. 00:11:29.376 --> 00:11:34.026 And in fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person 00:11:34.026 --> 00:11:38.526 will survive, but it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen ones. 00:11:39.771 --> 00:11:44.331 Then if anyone tells you, look, here is the Messiah, or 00:11:44.661 --> 00:11:47.091 there he is, don't believe it. 00:11:47.841 --> 00:11:52.161 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs 00:11:52.161 --> 00:11:57.771 and wonders, so as to deceive if possible, even God's chosen ones. 00:11:58.371 --> 00:12:03.381 See, I have warned you about this ahead of time, so if someone tells you, 00:12:03.561 --> 00:12:05.811 look, the Messiah is out in the desert. 00:12:06.486 --> 00:12:09.966 Don't bother to go and look or look. 00:12:09.966 --> 00:12:11.256 He is hiding here. 00:12:11.646 --> 00:12:15.726 Don't believe it for as the lightning flashes in the east and 00:12:15.726 --> 00:12:20.076 shines to the west, so it will be when the son of man comes. 00:12:20.646 --> 00:12:25.716 Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these 00:12:25.716 --> 00:12:28.146 signs indicate that the end is near. 00:12:29.106 --> 00:12:33.306 Immediately after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened. 00:12:33.756 --> 00:12:35.436 The moon will give no light. 00:12:35.811 --> 00:12:40.791 The stars will fall from the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 00:12:41.781 --> 00:12:46.221 And then at last, the sign that the son of man is coming will appear in the 00:12:46.221 --> 00:12:50.751 heavens and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. 00:12:51.411 --> 00:12:55.851 And they will see the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and 00:12:55.851 --> 00:13:01.191 great glory, and he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet. 00:13:01.806 --> 00:13:06.066 And they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world, from the 00:13:06.066 --> 00:13:08.406 farthest ends of the earth in heaven. 00:13:09.426 --> 00:13:11.436 Now, learn a lesson from the fig tree. 00:13:12.096 --> 00:13:15.186 When its branches, bud and its leaves begin to sprout. 00:13:15.606 --> 00:13:19.896 You know that summer is near in the same way. 00:13:20.006 --> 00:13:24.066 When you see all these things, you can know his return is 00:13:24.066 --> 00:13:26.286 very near right at the door. 00:13:27.276 --> 00:13:28.746 I tell you the truth. 00:13:29.271 --> 00:13:33.921 This generation will not pass from the scene until all these things take place. 00:13:34.761 --> 00:13:40.221 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear. 00:13:41.361 --> 00:13:46.041 However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen. 00:13:46.461 --> 00:13:50.121 Not even the angels in heaven or the son himself. 00:13:50.901 --> 00:13:52.041 Only the father knows. 00:13:53.361 --> 00:13:57.981 When the son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day. 00:13:58.431 --> 00:14:02.241 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets 00:14:02.241 --> 00:14:03.591 and parties and weddings. 00:14:03.596 --> 00:14:05.931 Right up to the time Noah entered his boat. 00:14:06.771 --> 00:14:10.431 People didn't realize what was going to happen until the flood 00:14:10.431 --> 00:14:12.231 came and swept them all away. 00:14:12.861 --> 00:14:16.161 That is the way it will be when the son of man comes. 00:14:16.881 --> 00:14:19.221 Two men will be working together in the field. 00:14:19.581 --> 00:14:21.621 One will be taken the other left. 00:14:22.266 --> 00:14:25.026 Two women will be grinding flour at the mill. 00:14:25.506 --> 00:14:32.466 One will be taken the other left, so you too must keep watch for you don't 00:14:32.466 --> 00:14:34.536 know what day your Lord is coming. 00:14:35.196 --> 00:14:40.056 Understand this, if a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was 00:14:40.061 --> 00:14:44.556 coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into. 00:14:45.216 --> 00:14:49.086 You also must be ready all the time for the son of man 00:14:49.091 --> 00:14:50.916 will come when least expected. 00:14:51.786 --> 00:14:56.256 A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the 00:14:56.256 --> 00:15:00.546 responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them. 00:15:01.806 --> 00:15:05.646 If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good 00:15:05.646 --> 00:15:08.196 job, there will be a reward. 00:15:09.096 --> 00:15:10.536 I tell you the truth. 00:15:10.866 --> 00:15:14.526 The master will put that servant in charge of all he owns. 00:15:15.036 --> 00:15:20.196 But what if the servant is evil and thinks my master won't be back for a while? 00:15:20.751 --> 00:15:24.861 And he begins beating the other servants, partying and getting drunk. 00:15:25.761 --> 00:15:30.381 The master will return unannounced and unexpected and he will cut the servant 00:15:30.381 --> 00:15:36.531 to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites and that place there 00:15:36.536 --> 00:15:38.991 will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:15:39.921 --> 00:15:44.241 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 bridesmaids who took their 00:15:44.241 --> 00:15:46.281 lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 00:15:47.046 --> 00:15:50.436 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 00:15:51.036 --> 00:15:54.786 The five who were foolish didn't take enough olive oil for their 00:15:54.791 --> 00:15:59.496 lamps, but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. 00:16:00.366 --> 00:16:06.006 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep At 00:16:06.006 --> 00:16:10.896 midnight, they were aroused by the shout Look, the bridegroom is coming. 00:16:11.226 --> 00:16:12.396 Come out and meet him. 00:16:13.386 --> 00:16:16.146 All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps. 00:16:16.926 --> 00:16:21.966 Then the five foolish ones asked the others, please give us some of your 00:16:21.966 --> 00:16:24.036 oil because our lamps are going out. 00:16:24.846 --> 00:16:28.806 But the others replied, we don't have enough for all of us. 00:16:29.196 --> 00:16:32.076 Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves. 00:16:32.886 --> 00:16:36.846 But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. 00:16:37.476 --> 00:16:40.416 Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage 00:16:40.416 --> 00:16:42.516 feast, and the door was locked. 00:16:43.326 --> 00:16:48.846 Later when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside calling 00:16:49.236 --> 00:16:52.416 Lord, Lord, open the door for us. 00:16:53.016 --> 00:16:58.626 But he called back, believe me, I don't know you, so you 00:16:58.626 --> 00:17:01.146 too must keep watch for you. 00:17:01.146 --> 00:17:04.956 Do not know the day or hour of my return. 00:17:06.681 --> 00:17:10.671 Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story 00:17:10.671 --> 00:17:13.101 of a man going on a long trip. 00:17:13.881 --> 00:17:17.001 He called together his servants and entrusted his money 00:17:17.001 --> 00:17:18.891 to them while he was gone. 00:17:19.581 --> 00:17:25.191 He gave five bags of silver to one two bags of silver to another, and one 00:17:25.191 --> 00:17:30.471 bag of silver to the last, dividing it in proportion to their abilities. 00:17:31.071 --> 00:17:32.601 He then left on his trip. 00:17:33.381 --> 00:17:37.401 The servant who received the five bags of silver began to invest 00:17:37.401 --> 00:17:39.441 the money and earned five more. 00:17:40.251 --> 00:17:44.031 The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two 00:17:44.031 --> 00:17:49.281 more, but the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in 00:17:49.286 --> 00:17:51.651 the ground and hid the master's money. 00:17:52.761 --> 00:17:56.841 After a long time, their master returned from his trip and called them to give an 00:17:56.841 --> 00:17:59.481 account of how they had used his money. 00:18:00.501 --> 00:18:03.621 The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver. 00:18:03.831 --> 00:18:09.741 Came forward with five more and said, master, you gave me five bags of silver 00:18:09.741 --> 00:18:12.861 to invest and I have earned five more. 00:18:13.551 --> 00:18:15.531 The master was full of praise. 00:18:16.161 --> 00:18:16.941 Well done. 00:18:16.941 --> 00:18:18.531 My good and faithful servant. 00:18:19.011 --> 00:18:23.511 You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will 00:18:23.511 --> 00:18:25.641 give you many more responsibilities. 00:18:26.061 --> 00:18:27.471 Let's celebrate together. 00:18:28.461 --> 00:18:32.001 The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said, 00:18:32.601 --> 00:18:38.211 master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest and I have earned two more. 00:18:39.051 --> 00:18:41.271 The master said, well done. 00:18:41.271 --> 00:18:42.981 My good and faithful servant. 00:18:43.401 --> 00:18:47.831 You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will 00:18:47.911 --> 00:18:50.001 give you many more responsibilities. 00:18:50.271 --> 00:18:51.711 Let's celebrate together. 00:18:53.331 --> 00:18:58.521 Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, master, I knew 00:18:58.521 --> 00:19:01.311 you were a harsh man harvesting crops. 00:19:01.316 --> 00:19:03.861 You didn't plant and gathering crops you didn't cultivate. 00:19:04.521 --> 00:19:06.531 I was afraid I would lose your money. 00:19:06.801 --> 00:19:08.211 So I hid it in the earth. 00:19:08.571 --> 00:19:12.921 Look, here is your money back, but the master replied. 00:19:13.446 --> 00:19:15.336 You wicked and lazy servant. 00:19:15.726 --> 00:19:19.296 If you knew I harvested crops, I didn't plant and gathered 00:19:19.296 --> 00:19:20.736 crops I didn't cultivate. 00:19:21.156 --> 00:19:23.676 Why didn't you deposit my money in the bank? 00:19:24.486 --> 00:19:27.306 At least I could have gotten some interest on it. 00:19:28.476 --> 00:19:32.826 Then he ordered, take the money from this servant and give it to the one with 00:19:32.826 --> 00:19:36.246 the 10 bags of silver to those who use. 00:19:36.246 --> 00:19:41.766 Well, what they are given even more will be given and they will have an abundance. 00:19:42.756 --> 00:19:47.796 But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away. 00:19:48.246 --> 00:19:52.626 Now, throw this useless servant into outer darkness where there will 00:19:52.626 --> 00:19:54.816 be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:19:56.526 --> 00:20:02.376 But when the son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then 00:20:02.376 --> 00:20:04.446 he will sit upon his glorious throne. 00:20:05.586 --> 00:20:09.156 All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will 00:20:09.156 --> 00:20:13.566 separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 00:20:14.196 --> 00:20:17.676 He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left. 00:20:18.606 --> 00:20:24.006 Then the king will say to those on his right, come you who are blessed by my 00:20:24.006 --> 00:20:28.866 father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 00:20:29.646 --> 00:20:31.926 For, I was hungry and you fed me. 00:20:32.586 --> 00:20:35.346 I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. 00:20:36.126 --> 00:20:39.306 I was a stranger and you invited me into your home. 00:20:39.756 --> 00:20:42.276 I was naked and you gave me clothing. 00:20:42.906 --> 00:20:45.396 I was sick, and you cared for me. 00:20:45.966 --> 00:20:48.636 I was in prison and you visited me. 00:20:49.896 --> 00:20:52.506 Then these righteous ones will reply. 00:20:53.091 --> 00:20:58.131 Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and 00:20:58.131 --> 00:21:02.631 give you something to drink or a stranger and show you hospitality 00:21:03.171 --> 00:21:04.851 or naked and give you clothing? 00:21:05.451 --> 00:21:08.961 When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you? 00:21:09.891 --> 00:21:15.441 And the king will say, I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of 00:21:15.441 --> 00:21:19.461 the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me. 00:21:20.571 --> 00:21:24.981 Then the king will turn to those on the left and say, away with you, you 00:21:24.981 --> 00:21:29.571 cursed ones into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons 00:21:29.991 --> 00:21:32.691 for I was hungry and you didn't feed me. 00:21:33.171 --> 00:21:35.961 I was thirsty, and you didn't give me a drink. 00:21:36.501 --> 00:21:39.981 I was a stranger and you didn't invite me into your home. 00:21:40.521 --> 00:21:43.251 I was naked and you didn't give me clothing. 00:21:43.851 --> 00:21:47.271 I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me. 00:21:48.231 --> 00:21:49.431 Then they will reply. 00:21:50.001 --> 00:21:55.431 Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty, or a stranger or naked, 00:21:55.431 --> 00:21:58.761 or sick or in prison and not help you? 00:21:59.961 --> 00:22:01.161 And he will answer. 00:22:01.941 --> 00:22:03.411 I tell you the truth. 00:22:03.921 --> 00:22:08.781 When you refused to help the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you were 00:22:08.781 --> 00:22:15.321 refusing to help me and they will go away into eternal punishment, but the 00:22:15.321 --> 00:22:18.021 righteous will go into eternal life. 00:22:20.376 --> 00:22:23.256 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:22:23.376 --> 00:22:24.606 Thank you for joining us.