Matthew 25:45

Matthew 25:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
• New International Version (NIV)“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

Context of Matthew 25:45

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 take care of You?’ Then 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 eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 25:45 word by word

Τότε ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτοῖς λέγων· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· ἐφ᾽ ὅσον οὐκ ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων, οὐδὲ ἐμοὶ ἐποιήσατε.Read the interlinear

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• He will answerἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• them, ‘Trulyἀμήνamēn · amenG281
• I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to you, to the extentἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• to you, to the extentὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• that you didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• it to oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• of the leastἐλάχιστοςelachistos · leastG1646
• of theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for Matthew 25:45

• Matthew 25:40The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’
• Genesis 12:3And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
• Numbers 24:9He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, And cursed is everyone who curses you.”
• Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.”
• Proverbs 14:31He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
• Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 21:13He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be answered.
• Zechariah 2:8For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
• John 15:18“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
• Acts 9:5And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,
• 1 John 3:12not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
• 1 John 5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.

Commentaries on Matthew 25:45

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45Inasmuch as ye did it not … - By not doing good to the “followers” of Christ, they showed that they had no real love to Him. By not doing good to the poor and needy, to the stranger and the prisoner, they showed that they had not his spirit, and were not like him, and were unfit for his kingdom. Let it be observed here that the public ground of their condemnation is the neglect of duty, or because “they did it not.” We are not to suppose that they will…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

Topics related to Matthew 25:45

• Afflicted
• Beneficence
• Commandments
• Duty
• Falsehood
• Hospitality
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Neighbor
• Opportunity
• Poor
• Prisoners
• Reward
• Unfaithfulness
• Works

In the dictionaries

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• Judgment, The final
• Ought
• Parable
• Prophecy
• Reckon
• Talent
• Thirsty

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