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- "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
- "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
- and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
- "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
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- naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
- "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
- 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
- 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
- "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
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- "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
- for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
- 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.'
- "Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
- "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
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- "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
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