Matthew 25:45

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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.’

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) regarding the nations that 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 who are members of my family, 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 members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.