32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
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Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-46)We have here a description of the process of the last judgment in the great day. There are some passages in it that are parabolical; as the separating between the sheep and the goats, and the dialogues between the judge and the persons judged: but there is no thread of similitude carried through the discourse, and therefore it is rather to be called a draught or delineation of the final judgment,…
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