Matthew 25 · Verse 43

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.
Matthew 25:43, King James Version

Matthew 25:43 in other translations

BSBI was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
WEBI was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
ASVI was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
YLTa stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.
DARBYI was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.
BBEI was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.
WebsterI was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

What does Matthew 25:43 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 43 I was a stranger - If men were sure that Jesus Christ was actually somewhere in the land, in great personal distress, hungry, thirsty, naked, and confined, they would doubtless run unto and relieve him. Now Christ assures us that a man who is hungry, thirsty, naked, etc., is his representative, and that whatever we do to such a one he will consider as done to himself; yet this testimony of Christ is not regarded! Well, he will be just when he judges, and righteous when he punishes.

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…

Read the full comment on Matthew 25:31-46 →

Matthew 25:43 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.

ξένοςxenosa strangerG3581
ἤμηνēmēnI wasG1510
καὶkaiandG2532
οὐounotG3756
συνηγάγετέsunēgageteYou took inG4863
με,meMe,G3165
γυμνὸςgumnosnakedG1131
καὶkaiandG2532
οὐounotG3756
περιεβάλετέperiebaleteyou did clotheG4016
με,meMe,G3165
ἀσθενὴςasthenēssickG772
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐνeninG1722
φυλακῇphulakēaprisonG5438
καὶkaiandG2532
οὐκouknotG3756
ἐπεσκέψασθέepeskepsasthedid you visitG1980
με.¶meMe.G3165

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

Context

  • Matthew 25:42

    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

  • 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.

  • Matthew 25:44

    Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

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Matthew 25:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Fuí huésped, y no me recogisteis; desnudo, y no me cubristeis; enfermo, y en la cárcel, y no me visitasteis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		j’étais étranger, et vous ne m’avez pas recueilli; nu, et vous ne m’avez pas vêtu; infirme et en prison, et vous ne m’avez pas visité.
German
Elberfelder 1871		ich war Fremdling, und ihr nahmet mich nicht auf; nackt, und ihr bekleidetet mich nicht; krank und im Gefängnis, und ihr besuchtet mich nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		hospes eram, et non collegistis me: nudus, et non cooperuistis me: infirmus, et in carcere, et non visitastis me.