Matthew 25:35-36
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 25 · Words of Christ are set in red.
4 songs meet this passage
Bridge Over Troubled Water · Simon & Garfunkel
resonates with Matthew 25:35-36
Caring for someone in their lowest, most exposed state reflects the call to tend to the vulnerable and overlooked.
Prayer of the Refugee · Rise Against
resonates with Matthew 25:35-36
Jesus identifies with the hungry, cold, and stranger; the song gives voice to exactly those overlooked people.
Chain Gang · Sam Cooke
resonates with Matthew 25:35-36
The plain cry for water recalls Jesus' identification with the thirsty and imprisoned, inviting compassion rather than indifference.
Man in Black · Johnny Cash
resonates with Matthew 25:35-40
Cash's list of the poor, imprisoned, and forgotten mirrors Jesus's own description of those we're called to serve as if serving Him.
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