Matthew 25:35-45

The Final Judgment

³⁵ For _v I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you _w gave me drink, _x I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶ _v I was naked and you clothed me, _y I was sick and you _z visited me, _a I was in prison and you came to me.' ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' ⁴⁰ And _b the King will answer them, _c 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these _d my brothers, ₁ you did it to me.'

⁴¹ "Then he will say to those on his left, _e 'Depart from me, you _f cursed, into _g the eternal fire prepared for _h the devil and his angels. ⁴² For _i I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, ⁴³ I 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.' ⁴⁴ Then 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?' ⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, _j you did not do it to me.'

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 58:7
   Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
   Ezekiel 18:7
   Does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.
   Ezekiel 18:16
   Does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.
   James 2:15 - 16
   If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 10:42
   And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
   
3. Cross References
   Job 31:32
   ( the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler).
   Romans 12:13
   Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
   Hebrews 13:1 - 2
   Let brotherly love continue.
   3 John 1:5
   Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 25:35
   For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 10:33 - 34
   But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
   
6. Cross References
   James 1:27
   Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Timothy 1:16
   May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
   Hebrews 10:34
   For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
   Hebrews 13:3
   Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
   
8. Cross References
   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.
   
9. Cross References
   Matthew 10:40
   Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
   Matthew 10:42
   And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
   
10. Cross References
    Matthew 28:10
    Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.
    John 20:17
    Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'
    Romans 8:29
    For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
    Hebrews 2:11
    For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
    Matthew 12:50
    For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.
    
11. Cross References
    Matthew 7:23
    And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
    
12. Cross References
    Hebrews 6:8
    But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
    
13. Cross References
    Matthew 13:40
    Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with ...
    Matthew 13:42
    And throw them into the fiery furnace. In that ...
    Matthew 18:8
    And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin...
    Mark 9:43
    And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off....
    Mark 9:48
    'where their worm does not die and the fire is ...
    Jude 1:7
    Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding ...
    Luke 16:24
    And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy ...
    2 Thessalonians 1:8
    In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ...
    
14. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:4
    For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment.
    Jude 1:6
    And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day -
    Revelation 12:7
    Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back.
    
15. Cross References
    Job 22:7
    You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
    
16. Cross References
    Luke 10:16
    "The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
    Acts 9:5
    And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
    1 Corinthians 8:12
    Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.