195. Discourse on the Mount of Olives: A Picture of the Last Judgment. Mt. 25:31–46

When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy Angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory, and all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will place the sheep on His right side, and the goats on the left.

Then the King will say to those on His right: Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit 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 received Me; I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.

Then the righteous will answer Him, saying: Lord! When did we see You hungry, and feed You? or thirsty, and give You to drink? When did we also see You as a stranger, and receive You? or naked, and clothe You? When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?

And the King will answer and say to them: Truly I say to you: inasmuch as you did it to one of these My least brothers, you did it to Me.

Then He will also say to those on His left: Depart from Me, cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you did not give Me to eat; I was thirsty, and you did not give Me to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not receive Me; I was naked, and you did not clothe Me; I was sick and in prison, and you did not visit Me.

Then they also will answer Him, saying: Lord! When did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve You.

Then He will answer them, saying: Truly I say to you: inasmuch as you did not do it to one of these least, you did not do it to Me.

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.