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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:45

“Then will he answer them, saying, ‘Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of these least, you did it not to me.' ”

And His reply is that it is because they have failed to reveal their love and compassion towards the followers of Christ, whom they see as ‘the least', and have therefore failed to demonstrate it towards Him. In the end it is because by doing so they have rejected Him. It is because their hearts are not truly right towards God.

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