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"Then He will alsosay to those on His left, '1Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the 2eternalfire which has been prepared for 3the devil and his angels;
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for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
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I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
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"Then they themselvesalso will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, orthirsty, or a stranger, ornaked, orsick, or in prison, and did not takecare of You?'
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"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent* that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
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"These will goaway into 4eternalpunishment, but the righteous into 5eternallife."
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Matthew 19:29; John 3:15f, 36; John 5:24; John 6:27, 40, 47, 54; John 17:2; Acts 13:46, 48; Romans 2:7; Romans 5:21; Romans 6:23; Galatians 6:8; 1 John 5:11