Matthew 25:45

Then he will tell them, ‘I tell you the truth: whatever you didn't do for one of these least important brothers of mine you didn't do for me.’

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

44Then they will also answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't look after you?’

46They will go away into eternal condemnation, but those who are good will enter eternal life.”

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Cross References

Numbers 24:9They are like a lion that crouches and lies down. They are like a lioness that nobody dares to disturb. Those who bless you will be blessed; those who curse you will be cursed.”

Proverbs 14:31Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, but anyone who is kind to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 21:13If you refuse to hear the cries of the poor, your cries won't be heard either.

Matthew 25:40The king will tell them, ‘I tell you the truth: whatever you did for one of these least important brothers of mine you did for me.’

Acts 9:5“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, the one you're persecuting,” he replied.

1 John 5:1Whoever trusts that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the father also loves 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 →

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