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Matthew 25

Matt. 25:40 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
the King
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
basileus (Greek #935)
a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
KJV usage: king.
Pronounce: bas-il-yooce'
Origin: probably from 939 (through the notion of a foundation of power)
shall answer
apokrinomai (Greek #611)
to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare 06030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
KJV usage: answer.
Pronounce: ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee
Origin: from 575 and κρίνω
and say
ereo (Greek #2046)
an alternate for 2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say
KJV usage: call, say, speak (of), tell.
Pronounce: er-eh'-o
Origin: probably a fuller form of 4483
unto them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, Verily
amen (Greek #281)
properly, firm, i.e. (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it)
KJV usage: amen, verily.
Pronounce: am-ane'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (0543)
I say
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
unto you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
, Inasmuch
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
a as
hosos (Greek #3745)
as (much, great, long, etc.) as
KJV usage: all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, X while, who(-soever).
Pronounce: hos'-os
Origin: by reduplication from 3739
ye have done
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
it unto
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
of the least
elachistos (Greek #1646)
used as equivalent to 3398; least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.)
KJV usage: least, very little (small), smallest.
Pronounce: el-akh'-is-tos
Origin: superlative of ἔλαχυς (short)
of these
touton (Greek #5130)
of (from or concerning) these (persons or things)
KJV usage: such, their, these (things), they, this sort, those.
Pronounce: too'-tone
Origin: genitive case plural masculine or neuter of 3778
my
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
brethren
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
, ye have done
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
it unto me
emoi (Greek #1698)
to me
KJV usage: I, me, mine, my.
Pronounce: em-oy'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3427
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Prov. 19:17• 17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him. (Prov. 19:17)
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Mark 9:41• 41For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. (Mark 9:41)
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Heb. 6:10• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. (Heb. 6:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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the King.
Matt. 25:34• 34Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation: (Matt. 25:34)
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Prov. 25:6‑7• 6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of the great;
 7for better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes see. (Prov. 25:6‑7)
Inasmuch.
Matt. 10:42• 42And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. (Matt. 10:42)
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2 Sam. 9:1,7• 1And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
 7And David said to him, Fear not; for I will certainly shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. (2 Sam. 9:1,7)
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Prov. 14:31• 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)
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Prov. 19:17• 17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him. (Prov. 19:17)
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Mark 9:41• 41For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. (Mark 9:41)
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John 19:26‑27• 26Jesus therefore, seeing his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.
 27Then he says unto the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. (John 19:26‑27)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
 16He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
 17He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)
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1 Cor. 16:21‑22• 21The salutation of me Paul with my own hand.
 22If any one love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha. (1 Cor. 16:21‑22)
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2 Cor. 4:5• 5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake. (2 Cor. 4:5)
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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• 14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
 15and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)
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2 Cor. 8:7‑9• 7but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.
 8I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.
 9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched. (2 Cor. 8:7‑9)
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Gal. 5:6,13,22• 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
 13For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, (Gal. 5:6,13,22)
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1 Thess. 4:9‑10• 9Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
 10For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more, (1 Thess. 4:9‑10)
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1 Peter 1:22• 22Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently; (1 Peter 1:22)
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1 John 3:14‑19• 14*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
 15Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
 16Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
 17But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
 18Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
 19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him-- (1 John 3:14‑19)
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1 John 4:7‑12,20‑21• 7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
 8He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
 9Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
 11Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
 12No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
 20If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
 21And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother. (1 John 4:7‑12,20‑21)
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1 John 5:1‑2• 1Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.
 2Hereby know we that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. (1 John 5:1‑2)
the least.
Matt. 12:49‑50• 49And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;
 50for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Matt. 12:49‑50)
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Matt. 18:5‑6,10• 5and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me.
 6But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.
 10See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 18:5‑6,10)
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Matt. 28:10• 10Then Jesus says to them, Fear not; go, bring word to my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see me. (Matt. 28:10)
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Mark 3:34‑35• 34And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:
 35for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Mark 3:34‑35)
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John 20:17• 17Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. (John 20:17)
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Heb. 2:11‑15• 11For both he that sanctifies and those sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
 12saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly will I sing thy praises.
 13And again, I will trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children which God has given me.
 14Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil;
 15and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage. (Heb. 2:11‑15)
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Heb. 6:10• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. (Heb. 6:10)
ye have done it unto me.
Acts 9:4‑5• 4and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
 5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, *I* am Jesus, whom *thou* persecutest. (Acts 9:4‑5)
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Eph. 5:30• 30for we are members of his body; we are of his flesh, and of his bones. (Eph. 5:30)
• When we come to look closely into Matt. 25, the principle of judgment is not according to works generally, but only a particular test is pressed upon them — faithful or unfaithful treatment of the king's brethren. (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)
• who are the King's brethren? Those whom the Lord will send out before He comes in the glory of the kingdom; men sent to announce that He is coming in His kingdom. (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)
• the King's brethren will be godly Israelites, employed by the Lord, after the Church has been caught up to heaven, to be the heralds of the coming King and kingdom. (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me.