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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: John, I don't understand what part of that sentence you don't understand. The Jews are Abraham's descendants by ethnicticity (spell?), Gentiles (or Christians) are descendants by adoption and faith in Messiah. Jews receive the promise by the fact that they are Jews, Christians receive the promise by trust in Messiah. So, to go back to the original post, Jews are the "least of these" in Matthew and extended to those who trust in Messiah's finished work during (and after) the Book of Acts. The promise has never been recinded from its original inheritors, just extended to those who were not, at that time, a part of that group of people. Dhaniei |