Matthew 25:40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The king

Matthew 25:34

The least

Hebrews 6:10

Ye have done it unto me

Acts 9:4

Ephesians 5:30

General references

Matthew 5:42

Luke 17:10

James 2:15

Bible References

The king

Then the King will say to those at His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

The least

And with a gesture toward His disciples He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

and whoever welcomes one little child like this for my sake welcomes me.

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go back to Galilee, and there they will see me."

Then looking around at the people sitting about Him, He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

For both He who is purifying them and those who are being purified all spring from one Father; so He is not ashamed to call them brothers,

For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have shown His name in the service you have rendered for your fellow-Christians, and still are doing.

Ye have done it unto me

He dropped to the ground; then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

because we are parts of His body.

General references

If anyone, whoever he may be, keeps on begging you, give to him; if anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn him away.

So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"

If some brother or sister is thinly clad and has no food for the day,