Matthew 25:43

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I was a stranger, but you did not welcome me, and I was naked, but you did not give me any clothes to wear. I was sick and in jail, but you did not take care of me.”

Cross References

Job 31:19

I provided clothes for the poor,

Jeremiah 23:2

You were supposed to take care of my people, but instead you chased them away. So now I'll really take care of you, and believe me, you will pay for your crimes!

Ezekiel 22:29

The people themselves cheat and rob; they abuse the poor and take advantage of foreigners.

Matthew 25:36

and when I was naked, you gave me clothes to wear. When I was sick, you took care of me, and when I was in jail, you visited me.”

Matthew 25:42

I was hungry, but you did not give me anything to eat, and I was thirsty, but you did not give me anything to drink.

Matthew 25:44

Then the people will ask, “Lord, when did we fail to help you when you were hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in jail?”

Acts 15:36

Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let's go back and visit the Lord's followers in the cities where we preached his message. Then we will know how they are doing.”

Hebrews 13:2

Be sure to welcome strangers into your home. By doing this, some people have welcomed angels as guests, without even knowing it.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember the Lord's people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine that you are there with them.

Judges 19:15

They left the road and went into Gibeah. But the Levite couldn't find a house where anyone would let them spend the night, and they sat down in the open area just inside the town gates.