Matthew 25:45

And then he will reply ‘I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however unimportant, you failed to do it to 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, in their turn, will answer ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and did not supply your wants?’

46And these last will go away into lasting correction, but the righteous into lasting life.”

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Cross References

Matthew 25:40And the king will reply ‘I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my brothers or sisters, however unimportant they seemed, you did it to me.’

Acts 9:5“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the voice answered;

1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and everyone who loves a parent 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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