Matthew 25:38
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 25:38 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 25:38 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 25:38 — KJV
“When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?”
— Matthew 25:38 (KJV)
Matthew 25:38 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 25:38
“I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 25:38: stranger, took, naked
“And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 25:38: saw, took, naked
“And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 25:38: took, naked, clothed
“Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?”
Shares key themes with Matthew 25:38: saw, stranger, naked
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. pleasant: Heb. a desire”
Shares key themes with Matthew 25:38: saw, took
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