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Matthew 25:40

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25:40And the king will answer them,38 ‘I tell you the truth,39 just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters40 of mine, you did it for me.’

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Matthew 25:40: And the King will answer them, ‛Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Footnotes

  1. 38 Grk “answering, the king will say to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
  2. 39 Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
  3. 40 Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” (cf. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelphoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). In this context Jesus is ultimately speaking of his “followers” (whether men or women, adults or children), but the familial connotation of “brothers and sisters” is also important to retain here.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“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.’

NLTNew Living Translation

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the king will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.