How can you protest, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Look at your behaviour in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,
Matthew 25:44 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Then they too will answer, “Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or ill, or in prison, and not help you? ” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they also [in their turn] will answer, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You? American Standard Version (1901) Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Common English Bible “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and didn’t do anything to help you?’ Catholic Public Domain Version Then they will also answer him, saying: 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? |
How can you protest, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Look at your behaviour in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,
you claim, ‘I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me.’ But I will certainly judge you because you have said, ‘I have not sinned.’
‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’
You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, ‘How have we wearied him? ’ When you say, ‘Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and he is delighted with them, or else where is the God of justice? ’
‘Your words against me are harsh,’ says the Lord. Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against you? ’
Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.
I was a stranger and you didn’t take me in; I was naked and you didn’t clothe me, ill and in prison and you didn’t take care of me.”
‘Then he will answer them, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, and do many miracles in your name? ”
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour? ’