Tree of Life 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 King James Version (NKJV)I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
Context of Matthew 25:36
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. 35For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited 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, ‘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?
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 perishing for lack of clothing or the needy without a covering,
- Luke 3:11He answered them, saying, “Whoever has two coats, let him give to the one who has none; and whoever has food, let him do the same.”
- James 2:14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? Can such faith save him?
- Matthew 25:43I 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.’
- Ezekiel 34:4You do not strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring back the stray or seek the lost. Instead, you have ruled over them with force and cruelty.
- Acts 20:35In all things I have shown you an object lesson—that by hard work one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Yeshua, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Acts 28:8It so happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed sick with a fever and dysentery. Paul visited him and, when he had prayed and laid hands on him, he healed him.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
- James 5:14Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of Messiah’s community, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- Philippians 4:10I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me (though you were concerned before but lacked opportunity to show it).
- 2 Timothy 1:16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.
- Hebrews 10:34For you suffered along with the prisoners and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession.
- Hebrews 13:3Remember the prisoners as if you were fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you also were suffering bodily.
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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