Daily Bread, reading 6 of 30
Matthew 25:31-40
And 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. And 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: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. Then 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. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in: Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me. Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee? Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? And 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.
Matthew 25:31-40 Douay-Rheims
A thought
The surprise in this scene is that nobody knew. Neither group realized what they were doing. Whatever else the passage means, it puts the hungry and the sick at the center.
A question
Who near you is easy to overlook?
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That is it for today.
Sources
Scripture
- Matthew 25:31-40 . Douay-Rheims text copied from drbo.org checked