Matthew 25:36

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

  • “I wear it for the prisoner”

    Man in Black · Johnny Cash

    resonates with Matthew 25:36

    Jesus names visiting the prisoner as an act done to Him; Cash's solidarity with the incarcerated mirrors that command.

  • Chain Gang · Sam Cooke

    strains against Matthew 25:35-36

    Jesus calls his people to give water and visit the imprisoned; the song's unmet thirst highlights the care these men are denied.

  • I Never Said That (RedWords) · JoshM

    resonates with Matthew 25:35-36

    The closing verses about the stranger and refugee summarize the whole song's thesis that love for the marginalized is love for Christ himself.

  • Another Day in Paradise (2016 Remastered) · Phil Collins

    resonates with Matthew 25:35-40

    The whole song's unresolved ache points toward Jesus' teaching that caring for 'the least of these' is caring for him.

Elsewhere in Matthew 25