Matthew 25:32 “All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the…”

Matthew 25:32

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

World English Bible

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

American Standard Version

and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

Geneva Bible 1599

And before him shalbe gathered all nations, and he shall seperate them one from another, as a shepheard separateth the sheepe from ye goates.

Darby Translation

and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

Young's Literal Translation

and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

Bible in Basic English

And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

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Cross references

“before”

2 Corinthians 5:10 Psalm 98:9 Psalm 96:13 Revelation 20:12–15 Romans 2:12 Romans 2:16

2 Corinthians 5:10 · BSB

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Psalm 98:9 · BSB

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 96:13 · BSB

before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Revelation 20:12–15 · BSB

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Romans 2:12 · BSB

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

Romans 2:16 · BSB

on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

“he shall separate”

Malachi 3:18 Matthew 13:49 Ezekiel 34:17–22 Matthew 3:12 Psalm 1:5 Psalm 50:3–5

Malachi 3:18 · BSB

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Matthew 13:49 · BSB

So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

Ezekiel 34:17–22 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

Matthew 3:12 · BSB

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Psalm 1:5 · BSB

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Psalm 50:3–5 · BSB

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

“as”

John 10:14 John 10:27 Psalm 78:52

John 10:14 · BSB

I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

John 10:27 · BSB

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

Psalm 78:52 · BSB

He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

33He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.

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