Matthew 25:32

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“All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”

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Read Matthew 25:32 in the flow of Matthew25 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Matthew25 to see the surrounding context.

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“All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 25:32 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
  2. Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
  3. Psalms 78:52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
  4. Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  5. Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  6. Ezekiel 20:38And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  7. Ezekiel 34:17This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.
  8. Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  9. Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  10. Matthew 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  11. Matthew 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
  12. John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
  13. John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
  14. Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
  15. Romans 2:12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
  16. Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
  17. Romans 14:10Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
  18. 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  19. 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  20. Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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