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Matthew 25:43

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.

KJV

ξένος ἤμην καὶ οὐ συνηγάγετέ με, γυμνὸς καὶ οὐ περιεβάλετέ με, ἀσθενὴς καὶ ἐν φυλακῇ καὶ οὐκ ἐπεσκέψασθέ με.

Greek NT

hospes eram, et non collegistis me : nudus, et non cooperuistis me : infirmus, et in carcere, et non visitastis me.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γυμνός
gumnos
adjective · 15×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ξένος
xenos
adjective · 14×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
περιβάλλω
periballo
verb · 23×
συνάγω
sunago
verb · 59×
φυλακή
phulake
noun · 46×
ἀσθενής
asthenes
adjective · 25×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπισκέπτομαι
episkeptomai
verb · 11×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§544The kingdom belongs to the poor and lowly, which means those who have accepted it with humble hearts. Jesus is sent to "preach good news to the poor";253 he declares them blessed, for "theirs is the kingdom of heaven."254 To them - the "little ones" the Father is pleased to reveal what remains hidden from the wise and the learned.255 Jesus shares the life of the poor, from the …
§1033We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor or against ourselves: "He who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."610 Our Lord warns us that we shall be separated from him if we fail t…
§1373"Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us," is present in many ways to his Church:195 in his word, in his Church's prayer, "where two or three are gathered in my name,"196 in the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned,197 in the sacraments of which he is the author, in the sacrifice of the Mass, and in …
…and 2 more from this source.

Cross-references

  • Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
  • Heb 13:3 — Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
  • Judg 19:15 — And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
  • Matt 25:36 — Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.