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

30And throw that worthless slave 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 assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his 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.

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 96:13before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.
• Psalms 98:9before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.
• Acts 17:30Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
• Romans 2:12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
• Romans 14:10But you who eat vegetables only – why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything – 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 one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
• Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
• Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Psalms 1:5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.
• Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.
• Ezekiel 20:38I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 34:17“‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.
• Malachi 3:18Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
• Psalms 78:52Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

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