Matthew 25:33 · American Standard Version
Matthew 25:33 in the Original Greek
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Matthew 25:33 in Other Translations
| KJV | And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. |
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| WEB | He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. |
| ASV | and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. |
| YLT | and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left. |
| WBT | And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. |
| DBY | and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on [his] left. |
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What does Matthew 25:33 say?
Matthew 25:33 in the American Standard Version reads: “and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.” Read it in the full context of Matthew 25, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 25:33 found in the Bible?
Matthew 25:33 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 25, verse 33, in the New Testament.
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And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,.... That is, the elect of God, and true believers, such as have the grace of God truly implanted in them; the sheep the Father gave unto Christ, and made his care and charge, whom he, as the good shepherd, laid down his life for; and who know his voice in effectual calling, and follow him in the way of his ordinances and appointments; and are comparable to sheep for their meekness and innocence, their simplicity and usefulness, and their harmless and inoffensive lives, and conversations: these Christ will set on his right hand, as a token of his affection for them, and a mark of respect and honour shown them, and as a pledge of that exaltation and glory he will be about to raise them to,
But the goats on the left; that is, the foolish virgins, wicked, and slothful servants, graceless professors, who, because of the impurity of their hearts, the filthiness of their lives, and their offensiveness to Christ, are compared to goats: these he will place at his left hand, in token of his disaffection for them, as a brand of disgrace upon them, and as an intimation of that dishonour, and miserable condition they will quickly be in. These different situations plainly pre-signify how things will go with each, that one will be acquitted, and made happy, the other will be condemned, and become miserable. Agreeable to which the Jews say (c), that there is a right hand and a left hand with the Lord: they that are on the right hand, are such as have done well, and are "for absolution"; and they that are on the left hand are criminals, and are "for condemnation". Some think the allusion is to the two Scribes in the sanhedrim, who stood before the judges, one on the right hand, and the other on the left, and wrote the sentences; the one of those that were acquitted, and the other of those that were condemned (d),
(c) Jarchi in Gen. i. 26. Kimchi in 1 Kings xxii. 19. Lex. Cabalist. p. 132. Zohar in Numb. fol. 93. 4. (d) Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 4. sect. 3. Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 9. Moses Kotsensis Mitzvot Tora pr. affirm. 97.