Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
And the king will answer and say to them, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
The king will answer them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'
A Conservative Version
And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.
American Standard Version
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And the King will answer them and say, 'Truly I tell you, since you did all this for one of my least [significant] brothers, you did it for me.'
Anderson New Testament
And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
Bible in Basic English
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Common New Testament
And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
and the king will reply, I declare unto you, your having done this for one of the least of these my brethren, is the same thing as doing it for me.
Darby Translation
And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
Godbey New Testament
And the King responding will say unto them, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did these things to one of the least of these my brethren, you did them unto me.
Goodspeed New Testament
The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'
John Wesley New Testament
And the king shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king having answered, will say to them, Trull I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me.
King James 2000
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Since you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'
Modern King James verseion
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done it to Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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 to me.'
Moffatt New Testament
The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'
Montgomery New Testament
"'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'
NET Bible
And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'
New Heart English Bible
"The King will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
Sawyer New Testament
And the king shall answer and say to them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.
The Emphasized Bible
And, answering, the king will say unto them: Verily, I say unto you - Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me, ye did it.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the king answering shall say to them, Verily I tell you, for as much as ye have done it to one of these my brethren, the very least of them, ye have done it unto me.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the King will reply 'I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.'
Webster
And the king will answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
Weymouth New Testament
"But the King will answer them, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'
Williams New Testament
And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'
World English Bible
"The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
Worrell New Testament
"And, answering, the King will say to them, 'Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of My brethren, even the least, ye did it to Me.'
Worsley New Testament
And the king replying will say unto them, Verily I declare unto you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the lest of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did it.
Themes
Brethren » Spiritual » The family of God
Christ » Humility of » Identified with believers
Church » Its spiritual relationships » Known as brethren
Family » Its spiritual relationships » Known as brethren
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the merciful
Help » Those that help Christ’s people
Inheritance » Who shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Inheritance » Who shall inherit eternal life
Inheritance » Who shall inherit the kingdom of God
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells the scenes of the day of judgment (on the mount of olives)
Judgment » Everyone appearing before the judgment seat of Christ
Judgment » Christ will acknowledge saints at
Kingdom of God » Who can enter into the kingdom of God
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Ministering to him
Prisoners » To be visited and ministered to
Separation » Who the lord will separate
Sickness » Visiting those in, an evidence of belonging to Christ
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Brethren
Union with Christ » Saints » Identified with Christ by
Works » Good » In the judgment, will be an evidence of faith
Interlinear
Hosos
Poieo
ποιέω
Poieo
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 25:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Judgment Of The Sheep And The Goats
39 or when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and come to thee? 40 And the king will answer and say to them, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me. 41 Then will he say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the everlasting fire, which is prepared for the Devil and his angels.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 10:42
And whoever shall give to drink only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly do I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working by love.
Matthew 25:34
Then will the king say to those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and are still ministering to the saints.
1 Peter 1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart, fervently;
1 John 4:7-12
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been born of God, and knoweth God;
Matthew 28:10
Then Jesus saith to them, Be not afraid; go, tell my brethren to depart into Galilee, and there they shall see me.
Mark 9:41
For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, truly do I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
John 20:17
Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
John 21:15-17
So when they had breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
Galatians 5:13
For ye, brethren, were called to liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Ephesians 5:30
for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
1 John 3:14-19
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren; he that loveth not abideth in death.
Matthew 10:40
He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
Matthew 12:49-50
And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, be said, Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Matthew 18:5-6
And whoever receiveth one such child in my name, receiveth me.
Matthew 18:10
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in heaven continually behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Mark 3:34-35
And looking round on those who sat about him, he saith, Behold my mother and my brothers.
John 19:26-27
Jesus therefore, when he saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Acts 9:4-5
and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Romans 8:29
For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
1 Corinthians 16:21-22
The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus sake.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judged, that if one died for all, then all died;
2 Corinthians 8:7-9
But as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this exercise of liberality also.
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
But concerning brotherly love there is no need of writing to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
Hebrews 2:11-15
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren;
1 John 4:20-2
If any one saith, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen?