Matthew 25:36

Contemporary English Version

and when I was naked, you gave me clothes to wear. When I was sick, you took care of me, and when I was in jail, you visited me."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’

King James Version (1611)
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sicke, and yee visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.

King James Version
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

English Standard Version
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

New American Standard Bible
naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'

New Century Version
I was without clothes, and you gave me something to wear. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'

Amplified Bible
I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me [with help and ministering care]; I was in prison, and you came to Me [ignoring personal danger].'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'

Legacy Standard Bible
naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'

Berean Standard Bible
I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.'

Complete Jewish Bible
I needed clothes and you provided them, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

Darby Translation
naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

Easy-to-Read Version
When I was without clothes, you gave me something to wear. When I was sick, you cared for me. When I was in prison, you came to visit me.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.

George Lamsa Translation
I was naked, and you covered me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.

Good News Translation
naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.'

Lexham English Bible
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you cared for me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

Literal Translation
naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.

American Standard Version
naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

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

Hebrew Names Version
naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'

International Standard Version
I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'2 Timothy 1:16; James 2:15-16;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
I was naked, and you covered me; I was sick, and you cared for me; and I was in prison, and you came to me.

Murdock Translation
I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me.

English Revised Version
naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

World English Bible
naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I was a stranger, and ye took me in; Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

Weymouth's New Testament
when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
nakid, and ye hiliden me; sijk, and ye visitiden me; Y was in prisoun, and ye camen to me.

Update Bible Version
naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.

New English Translation
I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

New King James Version
I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.'

New Living Translation
I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'

New Life Bible
I had no clothes and you gave Me clothes to wear. I was sick and you cared for Me. I was in prison and you came to see Me.'

New Revised Standard
I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Naked, and ye clothed me, sick, and ye visited me, in prison, was I, and ye came unto me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.

Revised Standard Version
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I was naked and ye clothed me. I was sicke and ye visited me. I was in preson and ye came vnto me.

Young's Literal Translation
naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye vysited me: I was in preson, and ye came vnto me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye visited me.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I had no chaps to protect me and you gave some to me. I was sick and dyin' and you cared for me. I was locked up in jail and you came to visit me.'

Contextual Overview

³¹ When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all of his angels, he will sit on his royal throne. ³² The people of all nations will be brought before him, and he will separate them, as shepherds separate their sheep from their goats. ³³ He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. ³⁴ Then the king will say to those on his right, "My father has blessed you! Come and receive the kingdom that was prepared for you before the world was created. ³⁵ When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, and when I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you welcomed me, ³⁶ and when I was naked, you gave me clothes to wear. When I was sick, you took care of me, and when I was in jail, you visited me." ³⁷ Then the ones who pleased the Lord will ask, "When did we give you something to eat or drink? ³⁸ When did we welcome you as a stranger or give you clothes to wear ³⁹ or visit you while you were sick or in jail?" ⁴⁰ The king will answer, "Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Naked: Job 31:19, Job 31:20, Luke 3:11, James 2:14-16

was sick: Matthew 25:43, Ezekiel 34:4, Acts 20:35, Acts 28:8, Acts 28:9, James 1:27, James 5:14, James 5:15

I was in: Philippians 4:10-14, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Hebrews 10:34, Hebrews 13:3

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 23:2 - and have Matthew 13:43 - shall Acts 9:39 - and showing Acts 15:36 - Let Philippians 2:30 - nigh Hebrews 9:15 - eternal

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Naked, and ye clothed me,.... For in such a condition sometimes are the dear children of God, and members of Christ; see 1 Corinthians 4:11, when others, who, Dorcas like, have made coats and garments for them, and clothed them with them; and which will be shown another day, or taken notice of as the fruits, and so evidences of the grace of God in them.

I was sick, and ye visited me, or "looked after me", or "over me": or, as the Persic version renders it, ye had the care of me; and which is the true sense and import of the word: for it not only intends visits paid to sick persons in a Christian manner, relieving them with their substance, giving good advice, or speaking comfortable words to them; but attending them, and waiting on them, and doing such things for them which, in their weak state, they are not capable of doing for themselves. Visiting of the sick was reckoned, by the Jews, a very worthy action: they speak great things of it, and as what will be highly rewarded hereafter.

"Six things, (they say h,) a man eats the fruit of them in this world, and there is a stable portion for him in the world to come:''

and the two first of them are, הכנסת אורחין "the taking in of travellers", or "strangers", which is mentioned in the preceding verse, and ביקור חולים, "visiting the sick". One of their Rabbins i says,

"he that does not visit the sick, is as if he shed blood: says another, he that visits the sick is the cause of his living; and he that does not visit the sick, is the cause of his death: and, says a third, whoever visits the sick shall be preserved from the damnation of hell.''

I was in prison, and ye came unto me: which has been often the lot of the saints, as it was frequently of the Apostle Paul, who had this respect shown him by many of the people of God, as by the house of Onesiphorus, and by Epaphroditus, who brought him a present from the Philippians, when in bonds; and which will be remembered another day.

h T. Bab. Sabbat, fol, 127. i T. Bab. Nedarim, fol. 40. 1. Vid. Maimon. Hilch. Ebel, c. 14. sect. 4, 5, 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was an hungered - The union between Christ and his people is the most tender and endearing of all connections. It is represented by the closest unions of which we have knowledge, John 15:4-6; Ephesians 5:23-32; 1 Corinthians 6:15. This is a union - not physical, but moral; a union of feelings, interests, plans, destiny; or, in other words, he and his people have similar feelings, love the same objects, share the same trials, and inherit the same blessedness, John 14:19; Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:21; Romans 8:17. Hence, he considers favors shown to his people as shown to himself, and will reward them accordingly, Matthew 10:40, Matthew 10:42. They show attachment to him, and love to his cause. By showing kindness to the poor, the needy, and the sick, they show that they possess his spirit, for he did it when on earth; they evince attachment to him, for he was poor and needy; and they show that they have the proper spirit to outfit them for heaven, 1Jo 3:14, 1 John 3:17; James 2:1-5; Mark 9:41.

Was a stranger - The word “stranger” means a foreigner or traveler; in our language, one unknown to us. To receive such to the rites of hospitality was, in Eastern countries, where there were few or no public houses, a great virtue. See Genesis 18:1-8; Hebrews 8:2.

Took me in - Into your house. Received me kindly.

Naked - Poorly clothed. Among the Jews they were called “naked” who were clad in poor raiment, or who had on only the “tunic” or inner garment, without any outer garment. See the Matthew 5:40 note; also Acts 19:16 note; Mark 14:51-52 notes; Job 22:6 note; Isaiah 58:7 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. I was sick, and ye visited me — Relieving the strangers, and visiting the sick, were in high estimation among the Jews. One of their sayings on this head is worthy of notice: "He who neglects to visit the sick is like him who has shed blood." That is, as he has neglected, when it was in his power, to preserve life, he is as guilty in the sight of the Lord as he is who has committed murder. See Kypke in loco.