New King James Version
Matthew 25:36
36I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
Matthew 25:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
- New International Version (NIV)I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
- New Living Translation (NLT)I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
Context of Matthew 25:36
34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ 37“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
Read all of Matthew 25Matthew 25:36 word by word
γυμνὸς καὶ περιεβάλετέ με, ἠσθένησα καὶ ἐπεσκέψασθέ με, ἐν φυλακῇ ἤμην καὶ ἤλθατε πρός με.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Nakedγυμνόςgumnos · nakedG1131
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- ye clothedπεριβάλλωperiballō · to clotheG4016
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- I was sickἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: illG770
- ye visitedἐπισκέπτομαιepiskeptomai · to visit/care forG1980
- I wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- prisonφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438
- ye cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
Cross-references for Matthew 25:36
- Job 31:19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;
- Luke 3:11He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
- James 2:14What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
- Matthew 25:43I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
- Ezekiel 34:4The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them.
- Acts 20:35I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
- Acts 28:8And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- James 5:14Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- Philippians 4:10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity.
- 2 Timothy 1:16The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;
- Hebrews 10:34for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
- Hebrews 13:3Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.
Commentaries on Matthew 25:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36I was sick, and ye visited me - Relieving the strangers, and visiting the sick, were in high estimation among the Jews. One of their sayings on this head is worthy of notice: "He who neglects to visit the sick is like him who has shed blood." That is, as he has neglected, when it was in his power, to preserve life, he is as guilty in the sight of the Lord as he is who has committed murder. See Kypke in loco.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. 35-36The actions mentioned here are often called "deeds of mercy." These were acts of kindness toward those in need (see Isaiah 58:1–12; Ezekiel 18:7; James 1:26–27). These good deeds are not efforts to earn God's approval. Instead, they come from a love for Christ that results in compassion toward others (see Matthew 6:1–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. Naked ... sick ... prison, and ye came unto me.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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