Key Verse Spotlight
Matthew 25:45 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
Matthew 25:45
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
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.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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