Matthew 25
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Matthew 25:31-46

31“But when 1the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then 2He will sit on His glorious throne. 32All the nations will be 3gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, 4as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33and He will put the sheep 5on His right, and the goats 6on the left.

34“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, 7inherit the kingdom prepared for you 8from the foundation of the world. 35For 9I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; 10I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 3611naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you 12visited Me; 13I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ 37Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 4014The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, 15to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

41“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘16Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the 17eternal fire which has been prepared for 18the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; 43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ 44Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not 19take care of You?’ 45Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46These will go away into 20eternal punishment, but the righteous into 21eternal life.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 25:31 Matt 16:27f; 1 Thess 4:16; 2 Thess 1:7; Heb 9:28; Jude 14; Rev 1:7 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 25:31 Matt 19:28 ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 25:32 Matt 13:49; 2 Cor 5:10 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 25:32 Ezek 34:17, 20 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 25:33 1 Kin 2:19; Ps 45:9 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 25:33 Eccl 10:2 ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 25:34 Matt 5:3; 19:29; Luke 12:32; 1 Cor 6:9; 15:50; Gal 5:21; James 2:5 ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 25:34 Matt 13:35; Luke 11:50; John 17:24; Eph 1:4; Heb 4:3; 9:26; 1 Pet 1:20; Rev 13:8; 17:8 ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 25:35 Is 58:7; Ezek 18:7, 16; James 2:15, 16 ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 25:35 Job 31:32; Heb 13:2 ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 25:36 Is 58:7; Ezek 18:7, 16; James 2:15, 16 ↩
  12. 12. Matthew 25:36 James 1:27 ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 25:36 2 Tim 1:16f ↩
  14. 14. Matthew 25:40 Matt 25:34; Luke 19:38; Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
  15. 15. Matthew 25:40 Prov 19:17; Matt 10:42; Heb 6:10 ↩
  16. 16. Matthew 25:41 Matt 7:23 ↩
  17. 17. Matthew 25:41 Mark 9:48; Luke 16:24; Jude 7 ↩
  18. 18. Matthew 25:41 Matt 4:10; Rev 12:9 ↩
  19. 19. Matthew 25:44 Or serve ↩
  20. 20. Matthew 25:46 Dan 12:2; John 5:29; Acts 24:15 ↩
  21. 21. Matthew 25:46 Matt 19:29; John 3:15f, 36; 5:24; 6:27, 40, 47, 54; 17:2f; Acts 13:46, 48; Rom 2:7; 5:21; 6:23; Gal 6:8; 1 John 5:11 ↩

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