Matthew 25:44

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

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  • 1 Sam 15:13-15 : 13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord. 14 And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears? 15 And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.
  • 1 Sam 15:20-21 : 20 And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction. 21 But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to the curse, to make an offering of them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
  • Jer 2:35 : 35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
  • Mal 2:17 : 17 You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?
  • Mal 3:13 : 13 Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
  • Matt 7:22 : 22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
  • Matt 25:24-27 : 24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work: 25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours. 26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work, 27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

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    30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

    31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:

    32 And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

    33 And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

    34 Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

    35 For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

    36 I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

    37 Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

    38 And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you?

    39 And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?

    40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

    41 Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

    42 For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

    43 I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

  • Matt 25:45-46
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    45 Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

    46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

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    11 After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

    12 But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.

    13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

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    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

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    21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

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    15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

    16 And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

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    25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

    26 Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.

    27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

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    11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

    12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

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    37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

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