Matthew 25:36
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:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
- KJV
- Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
- WEB
- I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
- ASV
- naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
- DARBY
- naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
- BLB
- [I was] naked, and you⁺ clothed Me; I was ailing, and you⁺ visited Me; I was in prison, and you⁺ came to Me.’
- ÅB
- jeg var naken, og dere kledde meg; jeg var syk, og dere så til meg; jeg var i fengsel, og dere kom til meg.’
- OTB
- Jeg trengte klær, og dere kledde meg, jeg var syk, og dere tok dere av meg, jeg var i fengsel, og dere besøkte meg.'
- B1930
- jeg var naken, og I klædde mig; jeg var syk, og I så til mig; jeg var i fengsel, og I kom til mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Read in contextJames 5:14–15
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Read in contextHebrews 13:3
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:16–18
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
Read in contextJames 2:14–16
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Read in contextActs 20:35
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Read in contextHebrews 10:34
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Read in contextJob 31:19–20
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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