Matthew 25:45
Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.
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46And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
Cross References
Numbers 24:9He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.
Proverbs 14:31He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
Proverbs 21:13He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
Matthew 25:40And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Acts 9:5And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:
1 John 5:1Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:32-46
The Process of the Last Judgment. 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 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: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the… Read the whole commentary →