Matthew 25:43

43 when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'

Matthew 25:43 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in
Did not take the poor members of Christ into their houses, and take care of them in their families, when they were obliged to flee from their places of abode, or wandered about preaching the Gospel; and who must have perished in the streets, if others, that bore the Christian name; had not been more compassionate than they:

naked, and ye clothed me not: sick and in prison, and ye visited me
not:
their conduct, behaviour, and character, are just the reverse of the righteous, and therefore it is no wonder that their sentence is different.

Matthew 25:43 In-Context

41 "Then will He say to those at His left, "`Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.

42 For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink;

43 when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'

44 "Then will they also answer, "`Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?'

45 "But he will reply, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'