Matthew 25:31–46

THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS

³¹“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels^Eh with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.^{i 32}All the nations^Fj will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.^{k 33}He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left. ³⁴Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom^l prepared for you from the foundation of the world.^m

³⁵“ ‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’ⁿ

³⁷“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or without clothes and clothe you? ³⁹When did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit you?’

⁴⁰“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’^o

⁴¹“Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!^{p 42}For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink; ⁴³I was a stranger and you didn’t take me in; I was naked and you didn’t clothe me, sick and in prison and you didn’t take care of me.’

⁴⁴“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help you?’

⁴⁵“Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’^a

⁴⁶“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”^b