Matthew 25:37

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“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?”

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BSBPD

“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 25:37 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
  2. Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
  3. Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  4. Matthew 6:3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
  6. 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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