Matthew 25:38

Contemporary English Version

When did we welcome you as a stranger or give you clothes to wear

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or without clothes and clothe you?

King James Version (1611)
When saw wee thee a stranger, and tooke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

King James Version
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

English Standard Version
And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

New American Standard Bible
'And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

New Century Version
When did we see you alone and away from home and invite you into our house? When did we see you without clothes and give you something to wear?

Amplified Bible
'And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

Legacy Standard Bible
And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

Berean Standard Bible
When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

Complete Jewish Bible
When did we see you a stranger and make you our guest, or needing clothes and provide them?

Darby Translation
and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?

Easy-to-Read Version
When did we see you with no place to stay and welcome you into our home? When did we see you without clothes and give you something to wear?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when sawe we thee a stranger, and tooke thee in vnto vs? or naked, & clothed thee?

George Lamsa Translation
And when did we see you a stranger, and took you in? Or that you were naked, and covered you?

Good News Translation
When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you?

Lexham English Bible
And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you as a guest, or naked and clothe you?

Literal Translation
And when did we see You a stranger, and took You in; or naked, and clothed You ?

American Standard Version
And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

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

Hebrew Names Version
When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

International Standard Version
When did we see you as a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

Etheridge Translation
and when did we see thee a stranger, and received thee, or naked, and covered thee ?

Murdock Translation
And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee home? or naked, and clothed thee?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

English Revised Version
And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

World English Bible
When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? Or naked, and clothed thee?

Weymouth's New Testament
When did we see Thee homeless, and give Thee a welcome? or ill-clad, and clothe Thee?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne sayn we thee herborles, and we herboreden thee; or nakid, and we hiliden thee?

Update Bible Version
And when did we see you a stranger, and take you in? or naked, and clothe you?

Webster's Bible Translation
When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]?

New English Translation
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you?

New King James Version
When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

New Living Translation
Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?

New Life Bible
When did we see You a stranger and give You a room? When did we see You had no clothes and we gave You clothes?

New Revised Standard
And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when, saw we thee - a stranger, and took thee home, or naked, and clothed thee?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or when did we see thee a stranger and took thee in? Or naked and covered thee?

Revised Standard Version
And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
when sawe we ye herbourlesse and lodged the? or naked and clothed the?

Young's Literal Translation
and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When sawe we the herbourlesse, and lodged the? Or naked, and clothed ye?

Mace New Testament (1729)
when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Simplified Cowboy Version
When did we give you a room or hand you a pair of batwing leggings?

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
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in?.... As they had never seen him hungry and thirsty, in his own person, though he was both in the days of his flesh, and were ministered to, both by angels, and by good women out of their substance; so they had never seen him a stranger, and took him into their houses; yet they had, seen him hungry and thirsty, and as a stranger in his members, and had done these good offices to him in them, and to them for his sake:

or naked, and clothed thee? for so Christ in person never was, until stripped of his raiment by the soldiers, and officers; but they had seen many of his poor saints without clothing, and had covered their nakedness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then shall the righteous ... - This answer is indicative of humility - a deep sense of their being unworthy such commendation. They will feel that their poor acts of kindness have come so far short of what they should have been that they have no claim to praise or reward. It is not, however, to be supposed that in the day of judgment this will be actually “said” by the righteous, but that this would be a proper expression of their feelings.