Matthew 25:43

Easy-to-Read Version

When I had no place to stay, you did not welcome me into your home. When I was without clothes, you gave me nothing to wear. When I was sick and in prison, you did not care for me.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I was a stranger and you didn’t take me in; I was naked and you didn’t clothe me, sick and in prison and you didn’t take care of me.’

King James Version (1611)
I was a stranger, and yee tooke me not in: naked, and ye clothed mee not: sicke, and in prison, and yee visited me not.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

New American Standard Bible
I 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.'

New Century Version
I was alone and away from home, and you did not invite me into your house. I was without clothes, and you gave me nothing to wear. I was sick and in prison, and you did not care for me.'

Amplified Bible
I 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 [with help and ministering care].'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I 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.'

Legacy Standard Bible
I 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.'

Berean Standard Bible
I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'

Contemporary English Version
I was a stranger, but you did not welcome me, and I was naked, but you did not give me any clothes to wear. I was sick and in jail, but you did not take care of me."

Complete Jewish Bible
a stranger and you did not welcome me, needing clothes and you did not give them to me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

Darby Translation
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I was a stranger, & ye tooke me not in vnto you: I was naked, & ye clothed me not: sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

George Lamsa Translation
I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; I was naked, and you did not cover me; I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.

Good News Translation
I was a stranger but you would not welcome me in your homes, naked but you would not clothe me; I was sick and in prison but you would not take care of me.'

Lexham English Bible
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not care for me.'

Literal Translation
I was a stranger, and you did not take Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

Hebrew Names Version
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.'

International Standard Version
I was a stranger, and you didn't welcome me. I was naked, and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

Etheridge Translation
and I was a stranger, and you received me not; and naked, and you clothed me not; and I was sick, and in prison, and you visited me not.

Murdock Translation
and I was a stranger, and ye took me not home; and I was naked, and ye clothed me not; and I was sick and in prison, and ye did not visit me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

English Revised Version
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.

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.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
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.

Weymouth's New Testament
when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y was herborles, and ye herberden not me; nakid, and ye keuerden not me; sijk, and in prisoun, and ye visitiden not me.

Update Bible Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New English Translation
I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

New King James Version
I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'

New Living Translation
I was a stranger, and you didn't invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn't give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

New Life Bible
I was a stranger but you did not give Me a room. I had no clothes but you did not give Me clothes. I was sick and in prison but you did not come to see Me.'

New Revised Standard
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A stranger, was I, and ye took me not home, naked, and ye clothed me not, sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I was a stranger and you took me not in: naked and you covered me not: sick and in prison and you did not visit me.

Revised Standard Version
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I was herbourlesse and ye lodged me not. I was naked and ye clothed me not. I was sicke and in preson and ye visited me not.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I was herbourlesse, and ye lodged me not: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke and in preson, and ye vysited me not.

Mace New Testament (1729)
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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I was a stranger in need and you ignored me. Thorns cut my legs and it made no difference to you. I was sick and in jail and you never visited me.'

Contextual Overview

³¹ "The Son of Man will come again with divine greatness, and all his angels will come with him. He will sit as king on his great and glorious throne. ³² All the people of the world will be gathered before him. Then he will separate everyone into two groups. It will be like a shepherd separating his sheep from his goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. ³⁴ "Then the king will say to the godly people on his right, ‘Come, my Father has great blessings for you. The kingdom he promised is now yours. It has been prepared for you since the world was made. ³⁵ It is yours because when I was hungry, you gave me food to eat. When I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I had no place to stay, you welcomed me into your home. ³⁶ When I was without clothes, you gave me something to wear. When I was sick, you cared for me. When I was in prison, you came to visit me.' ³⁷ "Then the godly people will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food? When did we see you thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you with no place to stay and welcome you into our home? When did we see you without clothes and give you something to wear? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and care for you?' ⁴⁰ "Then the king will answer, ‘The truth is, anything you did for any of my people here, you also did for me.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 19:15 - no man Job 31:19 - General Jeremiah 23:2 - and have Ezekiel 22:29 - oppressed Matthew 25:35 - I was a Matthew 25:36 - was sick Acts 15:36 - Let Hebrews 13:2 - not Hebrews 13:3 - them that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in,.... Did not take the poor members of Christ into their houses, and take care of them in their families, when they were obliged to flee from their places of abode, or wandered about preaching the Gospel; and who must have perished in the streets, if others, that bore the Christian name; had not been more compassionate than they:

naked, and ye clothed me not: sick and in prison, and ye visited me not: their conduct, behaviour, and character, are just the reverse of the righteous, and therefore it is no wonder that their sentence is different.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 25:43. I was a stranger — If men were sure that Jesus Christ was actually somewhere in the land, in great personal distress, hungry, thirsty, naked, and confined, they would doubtless run unto and relieve him. Now Christ assures us that a man who is hungry, thirsty, naked, c., is his representative, and that whatever we do to such a one he will consider as done to himself yet this testimony of Christ is not regarded! Well, he will be just when he judges, and righteous when he punishes.