Matthew 25:37 Meaning and Explanation
“Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?”
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What Does Matthew 25:37 Mean?
The righteous are surprised by their own commendation. They can remember no royal encounters, no day they fed the King. The question is not false modesty; they genuinely did not know whom they were serving when they handed bread to the hungry.
The verse paints the unselfconsciousness of real goodness — the left hand not knowing what the right hand does (Matthew 6:3). They served because need stood in front of them, not because credit was watching. That forgetfulness is itself what the King honors. Love that keeps no record of its giving discovers, at the end, that Someone else has kept it perfectly.
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What does Matthew 25:37 mean?
The righteous, astonished, ask when they ever saw the Lord hungry or thirsty and served him.