Matthew 25:45 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And He will reply to them, Solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the least [in the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me. [Prov. 14:31; 17:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.

Common English Bible

Then he will answer, ‘I assure you that when you haven’t done it for one of the least of these, you haven’t done it for me.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then he shall respond to them by saying: 'Amen I say to you, whenever you did not do it to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.

Matthew 25:45 Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Psalm 105:15

saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

Proverbs 14:31

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him.

Proverbs 17:5

Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 21:13

If you close your ear to the cry of the poor, you will cry out and not be heard.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus said the Lord of hosts after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.

Numbers 24:9

He crouched; he lay down like a lion and like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”

Matthew 10:41

Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous,

Matthew 25:40

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

Matthew 25:44

Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not take care of you?’

Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”

Acts 9:5

He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

1 Corinthians 8:12

But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.