Matthew 25:30-46

New American Standard Bible

³⁰And throw the worthless slave into ^(A)the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The Judgment

³¹“But when ^(B)the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then ^(C)He will sit on His glorious throne. ³²And all the nations will be ^(D)gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, ^(E)just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; ³³and He will put the sheep ^(F)on His right, but the goats ^(G)on the left.

³⁴“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, ^(H)inherit the kingdom prepared for you ^(I)from the foundation of the world. ³⁵For ^(J)I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; ^(K)I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; ³⁶^(L)naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you ^(M)visited Me; ^(N)I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ ³⁷Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? ³⁸And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? ³⁹And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ ⁴⁰And ^(O)the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, ^(P)to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of Mine, you did it for Me.’

⁴¹“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘^(Q)Depart from Me, you accursed people, into the ^(R)eternal fire which has been prepared for ^(S)the devil and his angels; ⁴²for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; ⁴³I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ ⁴⁴Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not ^[a]take care of You?’ ⁴⁵Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for Me, either.’ ⁴⁶These will go away into ^(T)eternal punishment, but the righteous into ^(U)eternal life.”