³²All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate^v the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.^w ³³He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

³⁴“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom^x prepared for you since the creation of the world.^y ³⁵For 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 invited me in,^z ³⁶I needed clothes and you clothed me,^a I was sick and you looked after me,^b I was in prison and you came to visit me.’^c

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 invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

⁴⁰“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.’^d

⁴¹“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me,^e you who are cursed, into the eternal fire^f prepared for the devil and his angels.^g ⁴²For 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 did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

⁴⁴“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

⁴⁵“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’^h

⁴⁶“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.ⁱ”^j

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Matthew 25:34: Then the King will say to those on his right, ‛Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’

Cross references

v Mal 3:18
w Eze 34:17, 20
xSee Mt 3:2; 5:3, 10, 19; 19:14; See Ac 20:32; 1 Co 15:50; Gal 5:21; Jas 2:5
y Heb 4:3; 9:26; Rev 13:8; 17:8
z Job 31:32; Heb 13:2
a Isa 58:7; Eze 18:7; Jas 2:15, 16
b Jas 1:27
c 2 Ti 1:16
dSee Mt 10:40, 42; Heb 13:2
eSee Mt 7:23
f Isa 66:24; Mt 3:12; See 5:22; Mk 9:43, 48; Lk 3:17; Jude 7
g 2 Pe 2:4
h Pr 14:31; 17:5
i Mt 19:29; Jn 3:15, 16, 36; 17:2, 3; Ro 2:7; Gal 6:8; 1 Jn 1:2; 5:11, 13, 20
j Da 12:2; Jn 5:29; Ac 24:15; Ro 2:7, 8; Gal 6:8