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NASB | Matthew 25:40 "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 25:40 "The King will answer and say to them, 'I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.' [Prov 19:17] |
Subject: Who are "the least of these?" |
Bible Note: Dear CDBJ, I have no quarrel with that at all, but please look back at the original promise. It was a promise, not a covenant. But if one insists on calling it a covenant, it wwould be unilateral, not a "if you...then I..." bilateral covenant. Nothing was required of Abraham for God to keep His promise to him. I believe that all of Abraham's descendants, then and now, Jewish and Christian, fall under that promise, whether they receive Jesus or not, and all those who either bless or curse Israel also fall under that promise for blessing or cursing, to the Jew first, then to the Gentile. (This was not a promise only of eternal salvation through his Seed, it was also a promise of earthly blessing and cursing and that is what I was commenting on. Perhaps I should have been more clear?) Dhaniei |