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Matthew 25:40
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“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Uerely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of Mine, you did it for Me.'
"Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.'
"The King will answer and say to them, 'I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.'
"The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
And the King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.'
The King will say to them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you did these things for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did them for me!'
And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
"Then the king will answer, ‘The truth is, anything you did for any of my people here, you also did for me.'
And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
The king then will answer and say to them, Truly I tell you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of these least brethren, you did it to me.
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!'
And the king will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'
And answering, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, In so far as you did it to one of these, the least of My brothers, you did it to Me.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
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.
"The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
The king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, in that you did it for one of the least important of these my brothers, you did it for me.'Proverbs 14:31; 19:17; Matthew 10:42; Mark 9:41; Hebrews 6:10;">[xr]
And the King shall answer and say to them, Amen I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me you did it.
And the king will answer, and say to them: Verily I Say to you, That inasmuch as ye did so to one of these my little brothers, ye did so to me.
And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done [it] vnto me.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
And the king shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
"But the King will answer them, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'
And the kyng answerynge schal seie to hem, Treuli Y seie to you, as longe as ye diden to oon of these my leeste britheren, ye diden to me.
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brothers, [even] these least, you did it to me.
And the king will answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] to me.
And the king will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'
And the King will answer and say to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'
"And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!'
Then the King will say, ‘For sure, I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of My brothers, you have done it to Me.'
And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.'
And, answering, the king will say unto them: Verily, I say unto you - Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me, ye did it.
And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'
And ye kynge shall answere and saye vnto them: verely I saye vnto you: in as moche as ye have done it vnto one of ye leest of these my brethren ye have done it to me.
`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did [it].
And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me.
and the king will reply, I declare unto you, your having done this for one of the least of these my brethren, is the same thing as doing it for me.
"And the Lord will say, 'I'm tellin' it to y'all straight. Every time you did these things for one of the cowboys or cowgirls who rode for my Father's brand, you did them for me too.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the King: Matthew 25:34, Proverbs 25:6, Proverbs 25:7
Inasmuch: Matthew 10:42, 2 Samuel 9:1, 2 Samuel 9:7, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 19:17, Mark 9:41, John 19:26, John 19:27, John 21:15-17, 1 Corinthians 16:21, 1 Corinthians 16:22, 2 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, 2 Corinthians 8:7-9, Galatians 5:6, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 5:22, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 John 3:14-19, 1 John 4:7-12, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:21, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:2
the least: Matthew 12:49, Matthew 12:50, Matthew 18:5, Matthew 18:6, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 28:10, Mark 3:34, Mark 3:35, John 20:17, Hebrews 2:11-15, Hebrews 6:10
ye have done it unto me: Acts 9:4, Acts 9:5, Ephesians 5:30
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:3 - And I Genesis 27:29 - cursed Genesis 50:17 - servants Exodus 1:20 - God Numbers 24:9 - Blessed Deuteronomy 15:10 - thine heart Deuteronomy 23:4 - Because they met Joshua 6:17 - because Ruth 2:16 - General 1 Kings 13:4 - Lay hold 1 Kings 18:4 - fed them 2 Kings 4:10 - Let us Nehemiah 13:2 - Because Job 31:32 - The stranger Psalms 22:22 - my brethren Ecclesiastes 11:1 - for Song of Solomon 5:1 - eat Song of Solomon 7:13 - I have Isaiah 63:9 - all their Jeremiah 39:17 - I will Micah 5:3 - his Zechariah 2:8 - the apple Matthew 5:18 - verily Matthew 6:1 - otherwise Matthew 10:40 - He that Matthew 25:35 - I was an Matthew 25:45 - Inasmuch Mark 9:37 - receive one Luke 3:11 - He that hath two Luke 8:3 - of their Luke 8:21 - My mother Luke 9:48 - Whosoever shall receive this John 2:2 - his John 13:20 - He John 21:17 - Feed Acts 22:8 - whom Acts 26:15 - I am Romans 8:29 - that he might Romans 12:8 - giveth Romans 15:26 - the poor Romans 16:2 - ye receive 1 Corinthians 8:12 - ye sin against 2 Corinthians 8:4 - the ministering Galatians 4:14 - as Christ Galatians 6:10 - especially 1 Timothy 6:2 - because they are brethren Philemon 1:17 - receive Hebrews 13:2 - some Revelation 17:14 - shall make
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the king shall answer, and say unto them,.... Christ, though a king, and now appearing in great glory and majesty, yet such will be his goodness and condescension, as to return an answer to the queries of his people; blushing and astonished at his notice of their poor services, which they know to be so imperfect, and are always ready to own themselves unprofitable servants; and this he will do in the following manner:
verily I say unto you; a way of speaking often used by him, when here on earth, when he, in the strongest manner, would asseverate anything as truth, and remove all doubt and hesitation about it.
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me: which is to be understood, not in so limited a sense, as to regard only the apostles, and the least of them, for these were not the only brethren of Christ; nor in so large a sense, as to include all in human nature; but the saints only, the children of God, and household of faith: for though acts of charity and humanity are to be done to all men, yet especially to these; and indeed, these only can be considered as the brethren of Christ, who are born of God, and do the will of Christ; for such he accounts his mother, brethren, and sisters; and who are not only of the same human nature, but in the same covenant with him, and the sons of God, not by nature, as he is the Son of God, but by adoption, and so are heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: now he that does any of the above acts of kindness to these "brethren" of Christ, and because they stand in such a relation to him, even the "least" of them: though he is not an apostle, or a martyr, or a preacher of the Gospel, or has any considerable gifts and abilities for usefulness, but is a weak believer in spiritual things, as well as poor in temporal things; and though it is but to "one" of these opportunity and circumstances not allowing it to be done to more; yet as such is the humility and condescension of this great king, as to account such mean persons his brethren; such also is his grace and goodness, as to reckon every instance of kindness and respect shown to them, as done to himself in person; and will take notice of it, accept and reward it, as if it had been so done.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
One of the least of these - One of the obscurest, the least known, the poorest, the most despised and afflicted.
My brethren - Either those who are Christians, whom he condescends to call brethren, or those who are afflicted, poor, and persecuted, who are his brethren and companions in suffering, and who suffer as he did on earth. See Hebrews 2:11; Matthew 12:50. How great is the condescension and kindness of the Judge of the world, thus to reward our actions, and to consider what we have done to the poor as done to him!
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 25:40. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren — The meanest follower of Christ is acknowledged by him as his brother! What infinite condescension! Those, whom many would scorn to set with the dogs of their flock, are brothers and sisters of the blessed Jesus, and shall soon be set among the princes of his people.
