Verse 39
Matthew 25:39
World English Bible, British Edition
39
When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
Original Language Text
greek
πότε δέ σε εἴδομεν ⸀ἀσθενοῦντα ἢ ἐν φυλακῇ καὶ ἤλθομεν πρός σε;
English Translation
"When have we ever seen you sick or in prison and came to you?"
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Chapter 25 Context
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“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the
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Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
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Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
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but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
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But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’
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Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
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The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
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But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those
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While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the
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Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’
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But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
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Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
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“For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his good...
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To one he gave five talents,
to another two, to another one, to each according to his own ability. T...
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Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talent...
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In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.
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But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
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“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them.
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He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered...
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“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few thin...
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“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I
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“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few thin...
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“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man,
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I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’
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“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t
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You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have rece...
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Take away therefore the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.
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For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have,
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Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing...
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“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on
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Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shephe...
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He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom
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for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger...
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I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
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“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thir...
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When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?
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When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
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“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of
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Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire...
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for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
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I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison,
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“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger,
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“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of
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These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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