Selected Sunday Scriptures- #62

Today’s short post is a small preview of a post I hope to write this week. There is a common point between both passages; I invite my readers to see if they can figure out what it is. The first few verses today come from the Letter to the Hebrews:

Let brotherly love continue. ^2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ^3 Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you also are in the body. ^4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous. ^5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, âI will never fail you nor forsake you.â ^6 Hence we can confidently say,

âThe Lord is my helper,
I will not be afraid;
what can man do to me?â

^7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith. ^8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

(Hebrews 13:1-8)

This brings us to the Gospel of Matthew:

^31 âWhen the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. ^32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, ^33 and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. ^34 Then the King will say to those at his right hand, âCome, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; ^35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ^36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.â ^37 Then the righteous will answer him, âLord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? ^38 And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? ^39 And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?â ^40 And the King will answer them, âTruly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.â ^41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, âDepart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; ^42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, ^43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.â ^44 Then they also will answer, âLord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?â ^45 Then he will answer them, âTruly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.â ^46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.â

(Matthew 25:31-46)