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Matthew 25:31-46 GNB
"When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne, (32) and the people of all the nations will be gathered before him. Then he will divide them into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. (33) He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left. (34) Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world. (35) I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes, (36) naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.' (37) The righteous will then answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? (38) When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you? (39) When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?' (40) The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!' (41) "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels! (42) I was hungry but you would not feed me, thirsty but you would not give me a drink; (43) I was a stranger but you would not welcome me in your homes, naked but you would not clothe me; I was sick and in prison but you would not take care of me.' (44) Then they will answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we would not help you?' (45) The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.' (46) These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment [of destruction], but the righteous will go to eternal life."
Matthew 25:31-46 ALT
(31) "But when the Son of Humanity comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit down on [the] throne of His glory [or, His glorious throne].
(32) "And all the nations will be gathered together before Him, and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
(33) "And indeed, He will set the sheep at His right hand and the goats at the left.
(34) "Then the King will say to the [ones] at His right hand, 'Come, the ones having been blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom having been prepared for you* from [the] laying of the foundation of [the] world [or, from [the] beginning of the creation of [the] universe].
(35) "'For I was hungry, and you* gave to Me to eat; I was thirsty, and you* gave me [something] to drink; I was a stranger, and you* took Me in;
(36) naked, and you* clothed Me; I was sick, and you* looked after Me; I was in prison, and you* came to Me.'
(37) "Then the righteous [ones] will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungering and we fed [You]? Or thirsting and we gave [You something] to drink?
(38) "'But when did we see You a stranger and took [You] in? Or naked and we clothed [You]?
(39) "'But when did we see You sick or in prison and we came to You?
(40) "And answering, the King will say to them, 'Positively, I say to you*, to the degree that you* did [it] to one of these, the least of My brothers [and sisters], you* did [it] to Me.'
(41) "Then He will also say to the [ones] at the left hand, 'Be going away from Me, the ones having been cursed, into the eternal fire, the one having been prepared for the Devil and his angels;
(42) 'For I was hungry, and you* did not give Me [something] to eat; I was thirsty, and you* did not give Me [something] to drink;
(43) I was a stranger, and you* did not take me in; naked, and you* did not clothe Me; sick and in prison, and you* did not look after Me.'
(44) "Then _they_ also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungering or thirsting or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we did not take care of You?'
(45) "Then He will answer them, saying, 'Positively, I say to you*, to the degree that you* did not do [it] to one of these, the least, you* did not do [it] to Me.'
(46) "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Matthew 25:31-46 NWT
31 "When the Son of man arrives in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne. 32 And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will put the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. 34 "Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world. 35 For I became hungry and you gave me something to eat; I got thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you received me hospitably; 36 naked, and you clothed me. I fell sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to me.' 37 Then the righteous ones will answer him with the words, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty, and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and receive you hospitably, or naked, and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to you?' 40 And in reply the king will say to them, 'Truly I say to you, To the extent that you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' 41 "Then he will say, in turn, to those on his left, 'Be on your way from me, you who have been cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels. 42 For I became hungry, but you gave me nothing to eat, and I got thirsty, but you gave me nothing to drink. 43 I was a stranger, but you did not receive me hospitably; naked, but you did not clothe me; sick and in prison, but you did not look after me.' 44 Then they also will answer with the words, '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?' 45 Then he will answer them with the words, 'Truly I say to you, To the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these will depart into everlasting cutting-off, but the righteous ones into everlasting life.'
Matthew 25:31-46 BBE
(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.
(44) 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?
(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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ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation