The Sheep and the Goats
Matthew 25:31-46
King James Version (KJV)
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 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:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 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.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
The parable is also about the final coming of Jesus, Jesus says that the least one does for the kingdom will be rewarded mostly. We often speak and think about the miracles of Jesus turning the water into wine, feeding five thousand, forgiving sins, healing the sick etc., but we forget that if we can feed one person a day a time (one third of 60 years on average, i.e 20 years = 7304, we could have fed about seven thousand people. We speak about turning the water into wine, but today most of the problem is due to the consumption of alcohol. The other things also goes in the same way.
To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
In the parable Jesus says that the least bothered were bothered for the people of God, by serving these people in fact they served God himself. This was not understood by others who never took care of these people even on small matters. Hence God say these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all.
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