Matthew 25:32

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

30Throw this useless servant outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’ 31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all his angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. The people of every nation will be gathered in front of him. He will separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left. 34“Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

Matthew 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 96:13in the Lord’s presence because he is coming. He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with his truth.
• Psalms 98:9in the Lord’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice and its people with fairness.
• Acts 17:30“God overlooked the times when people didn’t know any better. But now he commands everyone everywhere to turn to him and change the way they think and act.
• Romans 2:12Here’s the reason: Whoever sins without having the laws in Moses’ Teachings will still be condemned to destruction. And whoever has these laws from God and sins will still be judged by them.
• Romans 14:10Why do you criticize or despise other Christians? Everyone will stand in front of God to be judged.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
• Revelation 20:12I saw the dead, both important and unimportant people, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened, including the Book of Life. The dead were judged on the basis of what they had done, as recorded in the books.
• Matthew 3:12His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clean up his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into a barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”
• Matthew 13:42The angels will throw them into a blazing furnace. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.
• Psalms 1:5That is why wicked people will not be able to stand in the judgment and sinners will not be able to stand where righteous people gather.
• Psalms 50:3Our God will come and will not remain silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm around him.
• Ezekiel 20:38I will get rid of rebels and those who do wrong against me. I will bring you out of the land where you are living. You will never enter Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 34:17“ ‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the Almighty Lord says: I will judge disputes between one sheep and another, between rams and male goats.
• Malachi 3:18Then you will again see the difference between righteous people and wicked people, between the one who serves God and the one who doesn’t serve him.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore, don’t judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will also bring to light what is hidden in the dark and reveal people’s motives. Then each person will receive praise from God.
• Psalms 78:52But he led his own people out like sheep and guided them like a flock through 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

Topics related to Matthew 25:32

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Opportunity
• Shepherd
• Unfaithfulness
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Depart
• Goat
• Hard
• Judgment, The final
• Ought
• Parable
• Prophecy
• Reckon
• Talent

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