Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 25:32
32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
Context of Matthew 25:32
30And throw this good-for-nothing 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, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left. 34Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Read all of Matthew 25Matthew 25:32 word by word
καὶ συναχθήσονται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἀφορίσει αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- shall be gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- nationsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- nationsἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
- he shall separateἀφορίζωaphorizō · to separateG873
- oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- asὥσπερhōsper · just asG5618
- a shepherdποιμήνpoimēn · shepherdG4166
- sheepπρόβατονprobaton · sheepG4263
- the goatsἔριφοςeriphos · a goatG2056
Cross-references for Matthew 25:32
- Psalms 96:13before the Lord, for he is coming — for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his faithfulness.
- Psalms 98:9before the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world righteously and the peoples fairly.
- Acts 17:30“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
- Romans 2:12For all who sin without the law will also perish without the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
- Romans 14:10But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
- Revelation 20:12I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.
- Matthew 3:12His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”
- Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
- Psalms 50:3Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 34:17“‘As for you, my flock, the Lord God says this: Look, I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and goats.
- Malachi 3:18So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.
- Psalms 78:52He led his people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Commentaries on Matthew 25:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32All nations - Literally, all the nations - all the Gentile world; the Jews are necessarily included, but they were spoken of in a particular manner in the preceding chapter. He shall separate them - Set each kind apart by themselves. As a shepherd divideth, etc. - It does not appear that sheep and goats were ever penned or housed together, though they might feed in the same pasture; yet even this was not done but in separate flocks; so Virgil, Eclog. vii…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32And before him - At his coming to judgment the world will be burned up, 2 Peter 3:10, 2 Peter 3:12; Revelation 20:11. The dead in Christ that is, all true Christians - will be raised up from their graves, 1 Thessalonians 4:16. The living will be changed - i. e., will be made like the glorified bodies of those that are raised from the dead, 1 Corinthians 15:52-54; 1 Thessalonians 4:17. All the wicked will rise and come forth to judgment, John 5:28-29…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-46Verses 31-46 This is a description of the last judgment. It is as an explanation of the former parables. There is a judgment to come, in which every man shall be sentenced to a state of everlasting happiness, or misery. Christ shall come, not only in the glory of his Father, but in his own glory, as Mediator. The wicked and godly here dwell together, in the same cities, churches, families, and are not always to be known the one from the other; such are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-46This describes the final judgment of which Jesus had been warning (see Matthew 7:13–27; 8:10–12; 11:20–24; 12:38–42; 13:24–30, 36–43; 16:24–28; 24:37–25:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. And before him shall be gathered all nations--or, "all the nations." That this should be understood to mean the heathen nations, or all except believers in Christ, will seem amazing to any simple reader. Yet this is the exposition of Olshausen, Stier, Keil, Alford (though latterly with some diffidence), and of a number, though not all, of those who hold that Christ will come the second time before the millennium, and that the saints will be caught up…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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