Matthew 25:30
28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
29 For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
31 When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- KJV
- And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- WEB
- Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- ASV
- And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
- DARBY
- And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
- BLB
- And cast out the worthless servant into the outer darkness—there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.’
- ÅB
- Og kast den unyttige tjeneren ut i mørket utenfor, der de skal gråte og skjære tenner.’
- OTB
- Og kast den unyttige tjeneren ut i mørket, der det skal være gråt og tenners gnissel.'
- B1930
- Og kast den unyttige tjener ut i mørket utenfor! Der skal være gråt og tenners gnidsel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Read in contextMatthew 13:50
and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Read in contextRevelation 3:15–16
I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
Read in contextMatthew 22:13
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Read in contextHebrews 6:7–8
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
Read in contextTitus 3:14
And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
Read in contextJude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
Read in contextMatthew 13:42
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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