Matthew 25:40
Then the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, what you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'
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39When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?'
Cross References
2 Samuel 9:7David said to him, “Do not be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather, and you will always eat at my table.”
Proverbs 19:17Whoever is kind to the poor lends to Yahweh 1 and he will repay him for what he has done. 1
Jeremiah 39:17But I will rescue you on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you fear.
Matthew 10:42Whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I say to you, he will in no way lose his reward.”
Matthew 18:5Whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name receives me.
Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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 →