Matthew 25:43 · World English Bible
I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
Matthew 25:43 in the World English Bible reads: “I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’”. Read it
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Matthew 25:43 in the Original Greek
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I was
ἤμην
ḗmēn
G2252
a stranger,
ξένος
xénos
G3581
and
καί
kaí
G2532
ye took me not in:
συνάγω
synágō
G4863
naked,
γυμνός
gymnós
G1131
and
καί
kaí
G2532
ye clothed
περιβάλλω
peribállō
G4016
me
μέ
mé
G3165
not:
οὐ
ou
G3756
sick,
ἀσθενής
asthenḗs
G772
and
καί
kaí
G2532
in
ἐν
en
G1722
prison,
φυλακή
phylakḗ
G5438
and
καί
kaí
G2532
ye visited
ἐπισκέπτομαι
episképtomai
G1980
me
μέ
mé
G3165
not.
οὐ
ou
G3756
KJV word order, keyed to Strong's numbers. About the lexicon →
Matthew 25:43 in Other Translations
| KJV | 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. |
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| WEB | I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me. |
| WBT | 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. |
| DBY | I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me. |
Commentary on Matthew 25:43
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Questions about Matthew 25:43
What does Matthew 25:43 say?
Matthew 25:43 in the World English Bible reads: “I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’” Read it in the full context of Matthew 25, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 25:43 found in the Bible?
Matthew 25:43 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 25, verse 43, in the New Testament.
What Bible translation is Matthew 25:43 shown in?
This is the World English Bible (WEB), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Matthew 25:43 in the table on this page.
Then shall they also answer him,.... As well as the righteous, being likewise astonished at what he had said, but on a different account,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? Hence it is clear again, that these men were nominal Christians, who had made a profession of Christ: they own him as Lord; and suggest that they had seen him, and known him, though never in such circumstances; for if they had, such was their love to him, and great respect and veneration for him, as they pretend, they would, to be sure, have ministered unto him; and if ever they had seen him in such a case, which they could not call to mind, they could not believe, but they must have supplied him with all things necessary and convenient.