^{The Holy Bible}

^Douay-Rheims

Matthew 25: 31 – 46

³¹And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. ³²And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: ³³And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. ³⁴Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in: ³⁶Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me. ³⁷Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee? ³⁹Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. ⁴¹Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴²For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink. ⁴³I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me. ⁴⁴Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? ⁴⁵Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me. ⁴⁶And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.