4954. CHAPTER 39

The preliminary section of the previous chapter contained an explanation of what the Lord said about judgement on the good and on the evil, in Matthew 25:31-33; see 4807-4810. In the present preliminary section what the Lord said next in that connection comes up for explanation, that is to say, the following words,

Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, O blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, naked and you clothed Me around, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me. Matthew 25:34-36.