Matthew 25:39

Literal Standard Version

And when did we see You ailing or in prison, and we came to You?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit you?’

King James Version (1611)
Or when saw we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?

King James Version
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

English Standard Version
And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'

New American Standard Bible
'And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

New Century Version
When did we see you sick or in prison and care for you?'

Amplified Bible
'And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

Legacy Standard Bible
And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

Berean Standard Bible
When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?'

Contemporary English Version
or visit you while you were sick or in jail?"

Complete Jewish Bible
When did we see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'

Darby Translation
and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?

Easy-to-Read Version
When did we see you sick or in prison and care for you?'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?

George Lamsa Translation
And when did we see you sick, or in the prison, and come to you?

Good News Translation
When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'

Lexham English Bible
And when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?'

Literal Translation
And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and came to You?

American Standard Version
And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

Bible in Basic English
And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?

Hebrew Names Version
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'

International Standard Version
When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'

Etheridge Translation
and when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee ?

Murdock Translation
And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?

English Revised Version
And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

World English Bible
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came to thee?

Weymouth's New Testament
When did we see Thee sick or in prison, and come to see Thee?'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
or whanne sayn we thee sijk, or in prisoun, and we camen to thee?

Update Bible Version
And when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?

Webster's Bible Translation
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee?

New English Translation
When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'

New King James Version
Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

New Living Translation
When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?'

New Life Bible
And when did we see You sick or in prison and we came to You?'

New Revised Standard
And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when, saw we thee - sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or when did we see thee sick or in prison and came to thee?

Revised Standard Version
And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
or when sawe we the sicke or in preson and came vnto the?

Young's Literal Translation
and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or whe sawe we ye sicke or in preson, and came vnto the?

Mace New Testament (1729)
or when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and visited thee?

Simplified Cowboy Version
When did we visit you in the jailhouse?'

Contextual Overview

³¹And whenever the Son of Man may come in His glory, and all the holy messengers with Him, then He will sit on a throne of His glory; ³²and all the nations will be gathered together before Him, and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, ³³and He will set the sheep indeed on His right hand, and the goats on the left. ³⁴Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, the blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; ³⁵for I hungered, and you gave Me to eat; I thirsted, and you gave Me to drink; I was a stranger, and you received Me; ³⁶naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you looked after Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. ³⁷Then will the righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungering, and we nourished? Or thirsting, and we gave to drink? ³⁸And when did we see You a stranger, and we received? Or naked, and we clothed? ³⁹And when did we see You ailing or in prison, and we came to You?⁴⁰And the King answering, will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did [it] to one of these My brothers—the least—you did [it] to Me.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?] For though he bore the sicknesses of his people, yet we never read of his being sick himself, nor was he ever cast into prison; but this has been the case of many of his servants, as John the Baptist, Peter, and Paul, and multitudes of others, who have been tenderly and affectionately used by their fellow Christians.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then shall the righteous ... - This answer is indicative of humility - a deep sense of their being unworthy such commendation. They will feel that their poor acts of kindness have come so far short of what they should have been that they have no claim to praise or reward. It is not, however, to be supposed that in the day of judgment this will be actually “said” by the righteous, but that this would be a proper expression of their feelings.