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 ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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
• answerἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Verilyἀμήνamēn · amenG281
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213
• Inasmuchἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• notοὐou · noG3756
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• leastἐλάχιστοςelachistos · leastG1646
• theseτούτωνtoutōn · of theseG5130
• notοὐδέoude · norG3761
• meἐμοίemoi · IG1698

Cross-references for Matthew 25:45

• Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
• Genesis 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Numbers 24:9He crouched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall rouse him? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
• Psalms 105:15Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
• Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• Proverbs 17:5He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
• Proverbs 21:13Whoever stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Zechariah 2:8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• John 15:18If the world hateth you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
• Acts 9:5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the goads.
• 1 John 3:12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
• 1 John 5:1Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten by 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

• Cry
• Depart
• Hard
• 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