45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
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Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Commentary
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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