Matthew 25:45 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:45

Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.

KJV

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

Mark how the righteous dwell upon each word, while the unrighteous answer summarily, and not going through the particular instances; for so it becomes the righteous out of humility to disclaim each individual generous action, when imputed to them publicly; whereas bad men excuse their sins, and endeavour to prove them few and venial. And Christ's answer conveys this. And to the righteous He says, In that ye did it to my brethren, to show the greatness of their good deeds; to the sinners He says only, to one of the least of these, not aggravating their sin.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Epiphanius Scholasticus

INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPELS 38 (510)

You see, my beloved, there is no excuse for it. They knew what they had to do in this world. But greed and ill-will prevented them, so they laid up for themselves not treasures for the future but the world of the dead. Neither were …

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Inasmuch as ye did it not ... - By not doing good to the “followers” of Christ, they showed that they had no real love to Him. By not doing good to the poor and needy, to the stranger and the prisoner, they showed that they had not his spirit, and were not like him, and were unfit for his kingdom.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In these verses our Lord Jesus Christ describes the judgment day, and some of its leading circumstances. There are few passages in the whole Bible more solemn and heart-seaching than this. May we read it with the deep and serious attention which it deserves. Let us mark in the first place who will be the judge in the last day. We read that it will be “the Son of Man” Jesus Christ himself.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
ἀποκριθήσεται	apokrithēsetai	will He answer	G611 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	to the extent	G1909 →
ὅσον	hoson	as much as	G3745 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐποιήσατε	epoiēsate	you did [it]	G4160 →
ἑνὶ	heni	to one	G1520 →
τούτων	toutōn	of these	G3778 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἐλαχίστων,	elachistōn	least,	G1646 →
οὐδὲ	oude	neither	G3761 →
ἐμοὶ	emoi	to Me myself	G1473 →
ἐποιήσατε.	epoiēsate	did you.	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
leads to
- Proverbs 19:17
  Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 10:42
  And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Mark 9:41
  Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
- 1 Peter 1:22
  Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Through
Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
leads to
- Job 31:29
  If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
Through
Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
leads to
- Proverbs 22:2
  The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- Proverbs 17:5
  He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.