Matthew 25 · Verse 36

Matthew 25:36

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Matthew 25:36, King James Version

Matthew 25:36 in other translations

BSBI was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
WEBI was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
ASVnaked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
YLTnaked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.
DARBYnaked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
BBEI had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
WebsterNaked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.

What does Matthew 25:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. Naked ... sick ... prison, and ye came unto me.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 36. Mt 25:35

(g) "naked" Jas 2:15,16 (h) "ye visited" Jas 1:27 (i) "in prison" 2Ti 1:16, Heb 13:2

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 I was sick, and ye visited me - Relieving the strangers, and visiting the sick, were in high estimation among the Jews. One of their sayings on this head is worthy of notice: "He who neglects to visit the sick is like him who has shed blood." That is, as he has neglected, when it was in his power, to preserve life, he is as guilty in the sight of the Lord as he is who has committed murder. See Kypke in loco.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 25:31-46

This is a description of the last judgment. It is as an explanation of the former parables. There is a judgment to come, in which every man shall be sentenced to a state of everlasting happiness, or misery. Christ shall come, not only in the glory of his Father, but in his own glory, as Mediator. The wicked and godly here dwell together, in the same cities, churches, families, and are not always to be known the one…

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Matthew 25:36 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

γυμνὸςgumnosnakedG1131
καὶkaiandG2532
περιεβάλετέperiebaleteyou clothedG4016
με,meMe,G3165
ἠσθένησαēsthenēsaI was sickG770
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐπεσκέψασθέepeskepsastheyou visitedG1980
με,meMe,G3165
ἐνeninG1722
φυλακῇphulakēaprisonG5438
ἤμηνēmēnI wasG1510
καὶkaiandG2532
ἤλθατεēlthateyou cameG2064
πρόςprostoG4314
με.¶meMe.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 25:36

  • James 1:27

    Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

  • James 5:14-15

    Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

  • Hebrews 13:3

    Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

  • 2 Timothy 1:16-18

    The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

  • James 2:14-16

    What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

  • Acts 20:35

    I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

  • Hebrews 10:34

    For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

  • Job 31:19-20

    If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

  • Luke 3:11

    He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

  • Philippians 4:10-14

    But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. …

  • Acts 28:8-9

    And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Naked.
Job 31:19,20; Lu 3:11; Jas 2:14-16
was sick.
43; Eze 34:4; Ac 20:35; 28:8,9; Jas 1:27; 5:14,15
I was in.
Php 4:10-14; 2Ti 1:16-18; Heb 10:34; 13:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 25:35

    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

  • Matthew 25:36

    Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

  • Matthew 25:37

    Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

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Matthew 25:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Desnudo, y me cubristeis; enfermo, y me visitasteis; estuve en la cárcel, y vinisteis á mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
j’étais nu, et vous m’avez vêtu; j’étais infirme, et vous m’avez visité; j’étais en prison, et vous êtes venus auprès de moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
nackt, und ihr bekleidetet mich; ich war krank, und ihr besuchtet mich; ich war im Gefängnis, und ihr kamet zu mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
nudus, et cooperuistis me: infirmus, et visitastis me: in carcere eram, et venistis ad me.