Matthew 25:45 Cross References

Matthew 25:45

45: And he will answer, 'I assure you, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.'

And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!'

Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who help the poor honor him.

"Who are you, sir?" Saul asked. And the voice replied, "I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!

Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was right.
So don't be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to eternal life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
Anyone who hates another Christian is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.
We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.
We know we love God's children if we love God and obey his commandments.
Loving God means keeping his commandments, and really, that isn't difficult.

"When the world hates you, remember it hated me before it hated you.
The world would love you if you belonged to it, but you don't. I chose you to come out of the world, and so it hates you.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you."

"After a period of glory, the LORD Almighty sent me against the nations who oppressed you. For he said, `Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.

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