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The Final Judgment

³¹^(A)“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, ^(B)then he will sit on his glorious throne. ³²Before him ^(C)will be gathered ^(D)all the nations, and ^(E)he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates ^(F)the sheep from the goats. ³³And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. ³⁴Then ^(G)the King will say to ^(H)those on his right, ‘Come, you ^(I)who are blessed by my Father, ^(J)inherit ^(K)the kingdom ^(L)prepared for you ^(M)from the foundation of the world. ³⁵For ^(N)I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you ^(O)gave me drink, ^(P)I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶^(Q)I was naked and you clothed me, ^(R)I was sick and you ^(S)visited me, ^(T)I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ ⁴⁰And ^(U)the King will answer them, ^(V)‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these ^(W)my brothers,^[a] you did it to me.’

⁴¹“Then he will say to those on his left, ^(X)‘Depart from me, you ^(Y)cursed, into ^(Z)the eternal fire prepared for ^(AA)the devil and his angels. ⁴²For ^(AB)I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, ⁴³I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ ⁴⁴Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ ⁴⁵Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, ^(AC)you did not do it to me.’ ⁴⁶And these will go away ^(AD)into eternal punishment, but the righteous ^(AE)into ^(AF)eternal life.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 25:40 Or brothers and sisters

Cross references

Matthew 25:31 : See ch. 16:27, 28
Matthew 25:31 : ch. 19:28
Matthew 25:32 : [ch. 24:31]
Matthew 25:32 : Joel 3:12; [ch. 24:14; 28:19]
Matthew 25:32 : ch. 13:49
Matthew 25:32 : Ezek. 34:17
Matthew 25:34 : ver. 40; Luke 19:38; Rev. 17:14; 19:16; [Isa. 6:5]
Matthew 25:34 : 1 Kgs. 2:19; Ps. 45:9; 110:1
Matthew 25:34 : [Ps. 37:22; Isa. 65:23; Eph. 1:3]
Matthew 25:34 : ch. 19:29; Rev. 21:7
Matthew 25:34 : Luke 12:32; 22:29
Matthew 25:34 : ch. 20:23; [1 Cor. 2:9; Heb. 11:16]
Matthew 25:34 : See ch. 13:35
Matthew 25:35 : Isa. 58:7; Ezek. 18:7, 16; [James 2:15, 16]
Matthew 25:35 : ch. 10:42
Matthew 25:35 : Job 31:32; Rom. 12:13; Heb. 13:1, 2; 3 John 5
Matthew 25:36 : [See ver. 35 above]; Isa. 58:7; Ezek. 18:7, 16; [James 2:15, 16]
Matthew 25:36 : [Luke 10:33, 34]
Matthew 25:36 : James 1:27
Matthew 25:36 : 2 Tim. 1:16; [Heb. 10:34; 13:3]
Matthew 25:40 : ver. 34
Matthew 25:40 : See ch. 10:40, 42
Matthew 25:40 : ch. 28:10; John 20:17; Rom. 8:29; Heb. 2:11; [ch. 12:50]
Matthew 25:41 : ch. 7:23
Matthew 25:41 : [Heb. 6:8]
Matthew 25:41 : ch. 13:40, 42; 18:8; Mark 9:43, 48; Jude 7; [Luke 16:24]; See 2 Thess. 1:8
Matthew 25:41 : 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6; Rev. 12:7
Matthew 25:42 : Job 22:7
Matthew 25:45 : [Luke 10:16; Acts 9:5; 1 Cor. 8:12]
Matthew 25:46 : Dan. 12:2; [John 5:29; Acts 24:15]
Matthew 25:46 : Dan. 12:2; [John 5:29; Acts 24:15]
Matthew 25:46 : Rom. 2:7; 5:21; 6:23