Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁵ Therefore I (after I heard of the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus and love to all the saints) ¹⁶ cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers. ¹⁷ I ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Father of glory to give to you the spirit of wisdom, and to open to you the knowledge of himself, ¹⁸ and to enlighten the eyes of your minds, so that you may know what that hope is to which he has called you, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is upon the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of his power in us who believe pursuant to the working of that his mighty power, ²⁰ which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and set him on his right hand in heavenly things, ²¹ above all rule, power, and might, and dominion, and above all names that are named, not in this world only, but also in the world to come. ²² And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him above all things, the head of the congregation, ²³ which is his body, and the fullness of him who fills all in all things.

³¹ When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his glory. ³² And before him shall be gathered all nations. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will set the sheep on his right hand and the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye blessed children of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was homeless and you lodged me. ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.

³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ When did we see you homeless and lodge you, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? ⁴⁰ And the king will answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it for one of the least of these my brethren, you did it for me.

⁴¹ Then shall the king say to those who will be on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me no food. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink. ⁴³ I was homeless and you did not lodge me. I was naked and you did not clothe me. I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.

⁴⁴ Then they also will answer him, saying, Master, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or homeless, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you? ⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them and say, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it not for one of the least of these, you did it not for me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go into everlasting pain, but the righteous into life eternal.