Matthew 25:34 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁴ Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Common English Bible

³⁴ “Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who will receive good things from my Father. Inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you before the world began.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ Then the King shall say to those who will be on his right: 'Come, you blessed of my Father. Possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 25:34 Cross References

Psalm 2:6

“I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

Proverbs 11:17

Those who are kind reward themselves, but the cruel do themselves harm.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our ruler; the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Isaiah 6:5

And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Isaiah 9:7

Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and understand: from the time that the word went out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the time of an anointed prince, there shall be seven weeks, and for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with streets and moat, but in a troubled time.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more.

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 20:23

He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

Matthew 21:5

“Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’

Matthew 25:23

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’

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 25:41

Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,

Matthew 27:37

Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

Matthew 3:2

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 5:19

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:17

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Mark 10:40

but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to appoint, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Luke 11:50

so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,

Luke 12:32

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Luke 19:38

saying, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!”

John 1:49

Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

John 12:13

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!”

John 17:24

Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

John 19:15

They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

Acts 15:18

known from long ago.’

Acts 3:26

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Romans 8:17

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

1 Corinthians 15:50

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him”—

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, men who engage in illicit sex,

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5

Be sure of this, that no sexually immoral or impure person or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

2 Timothy 2:12

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;

2 Timothy 4:8

From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 11:16

But as it is, they desire a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 4:3

For we who have believed are entering that rest, just as God has said, “As in my anger I swore, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’ ” though his works were finished since the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 9:26

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 1:9

for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

Revelation 13:8

and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw was and is not and is about to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

Revelation 19:16

On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

Revelation 21:7

Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

Revelation 5:10

you have made them a kingdom and priests serving our God, and they will reign on earth.”