Matthew 25:44

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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?”

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:23

You deny your sins and say, “We aren't unclean. We haven't worshipped Baal.” But think about what you do in Hinnom Valley. And you run back and forth like young camels, as you rush to worship one idol after another.

Jeremiah 2:35

you claim to be innocent, and you want me to stop being angry with you. So I'll take you to court, and we'll see who is right.

Malachi 1:6

I, the LORD All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, “How did we insult you?”

Malachi 2:17

You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, “How did we do that?” You did it by saying, “The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice.”

Malachi 3:13

You have said horrible things about me, and yet you ask, “What have we said?”

Matthew 10:41

Anyone who welcomes a prophet, just because that person is a prophet, will be given the same reward as a prophet. Anyone who welcomes a good person, just because that person is good, will be given the same reward as a good person.

Matthew 25:43

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.”

Matthew 25:45

The king will say to them, “Whenever you failed to help any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you failed to do it for me.”

Matthew 5:6

God blesses those people who want to obey him more than to eat or drink. They will be given what they want!

Matthew 7:22

On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, “We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and performed many miracles.”

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to show that he knew what he was talking about. So he asked Jesus, “Who are my neighbours?”