Matthew 25:43 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴³ [when] I came [to you as] a stranger, you did not give me a place to stay; [when I] did not have adequate clothing, you did not give me anything to wear; when I was sick, or in prison, you did not visit me.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me and entertain Me, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me with help and ministering care.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Common English Bible

⁴³ I was a stranger and you didn’t welcome me. I was naked and you didn’t give me clothes to wear. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not cover me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.'

Matthew 25:43 Cross References

Matthew 25:36

when I was without adequate clothing, you gave me something to wear; [when] I was sick, you came to visit me; [when] I was in prison, you came to see me.’

Matthew 25:42

For [when] I was hungry, you did not feed me; [when] I was thirsty, you did not give me anything to drink;

Matthew 25:44

They will reply, ‘Lord, when did we [ever] see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or inadequately dressed, or sick, or in prison, and not provide for your needs?’

Acts 15:36

Then after some days Paul suggested to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we proclaimed the message of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

Hebrews 13:2

Do not forget to show hospitality toward strangers, for by doing this, some people have entertained angels without realizing it.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember [to pray for and help] those who are in prison, as though you [yourselves] were in prison with them. [Remember] those who are being mistreated, realizing that you [yourselves] also share [with them] a physical body [i.e., you are subject to the same kind of trials].