The Sheep and the Goats
31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels 25:31 Other mss read holy angels, 25:31 Gn 16:7; Mt 5:34; 13:49; Lk 1:11; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 25:31 Mt 16:27; 19:28; 2Th 1:7; Jd 14; Rv 1:732 All the nations 25:32 Or the Gentiles, 25:32 Jl 3:12; Mt 24:14; 28:19; Rm 1:5; Gl 1:16will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 25:32 Ezk 34:17,20; Mt 13:4933 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom 25:34 Mt 19:29; Lk 12:32; 1Co 15:50; Gl 5:21; Jms 2:5; 1Pt 3:9; Rv 21:7prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 25:34 Mt 13:35; 20:23; 1Co 2:9; Heb 4:3; 9:26; 11:16; Rv 13:8; 17:8
41 "Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels! 25:41 Mt 7:23; 13:40,42; Mk 9:48; 2Pt 2:4; Jd 6–7
46 "And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." 25:46 Dn 12:2; Jn 5:21; Ac 24:15; Rm 2:7