Matthew 25:45

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Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

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  • Matt 25:40 : 40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Ps 105:15 : 15 'Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.'
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
  • Prov 17:5 : 5 Whoever mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 He said, "Who are You, Lord?" The Lord replied, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads."
  • 1 John 3:12-20 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them. 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth. 19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence. 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
  • 1 John 5:1-3 : 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
  • Gen 12:3 : 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.
  • Num 24:9 : 9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed; those who curse you will be cursed.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 He said to him, 'Run and tell that young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as a city without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.'

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  • Matt 25:28-44
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    28So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

    29For to everyone who has, more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them.

    30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    31When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

    32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

    33He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

    34Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

    35For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

    36I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’

    37Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

    38When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?

    39When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’

    40The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’

    41Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

    42For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink;

    43I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’

    44Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you?’

  • Matt 25:46
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    46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

  • Matt 25:12-13
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    12But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

    13Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  • Luke 13:27-28
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    27'But he will reply, 'I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'

    28There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.

  • Matt 5:19
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    19So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

  • Matt 7:23
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    23Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

  • Matt 10:42
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    42And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—truly I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward.

  • Luke 10:37
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    37The expert in the law replied, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'

  • Jas 2:16
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    16and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?

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    26His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered.

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    33'Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you?'

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    46the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

    47That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.

    48But the one who did not know and did things deserving of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.

  • Mark 14:7
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    7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me.

  • Mark 9:41
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    41'Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose their reward.'

  • Luke 13:25
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    25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'

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    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Isa 58:7
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    7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood.

  • Luke 6:31
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    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

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    46Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

  • Matt 22:13
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    13Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Luke 19:22
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    22He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'

  • Matt 7:21
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    21Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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    16He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

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    5And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

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    51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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    46Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

  • Luke 14:14
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    14And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.