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  • Matthew 25:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

  • Matthew 25:32
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 32 καὶ and συναχθήσονται will be led together ἔμπροσθεν in front αὐτοῦ of him πάντα all τὰ the ἔθνη, nations, καὶ and ἀφορίσει he will separate αὐτοὺς them [persons] ἀπ’ from ἀλλήλων, one another, ὥσπερ as-even ὁ the ποιμὴν shepherd ἀφορίζει is separating τὰ the πρόβατα sheep ἀπὸ from τῶν the ἐρίφων, kids,

  • Matthew 25:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 32 And all the nations will be gathered before him,+ and he will separate+ people one from another,+ just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

  • Matthew 25:32
    The Bible in Living English
    • 32 and all the nations will be brought before him; and he will separate them from each other as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

  • Matthew 25:32
    American Standard Version
    • 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

  • Matthew 25:32
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 32 And there will be gathered before him all the nations, And he will separate them one from another Just as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats,—

  • Matthew 25:32
    King James Version
    • 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 25:32 it-1 1183-1184; w15 1/1 13; re 123; w98 8/15 20; w95 2/1 12-13; w95 10/15 22-24; w93 5/1 19; jv 163-164; w89 5/1 19; w87 3/1 29; w87 5/15 12-13

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 25:32 w85 2/1 19-22; su 114, 118; w83 1/1 13; w81 8/1 25; kc 153-154; tr 96; w80 10/1 27; go 160-161, 163; w76 346-347; w74 626; w73 200; ka 258-260, 262-264; g73 7/22 5-6; w72 200; ad 553, 819; w69 102; w66 70, 104; w65 575; g65 4/22 29; w64 556; g64 1/8 28; w63 346, 392, 681; bf 467, 516; w62 681; g62 5/8 8; g62 9/8 28; w61 49, 219, 632; ns 359; w60 54; w59 158; w58 177; sr55 160; w53 122; w49 150, 287; w47 201; w46 156, 199; w41 262; w40 138; w39 110; s 161; w37 251; en 320; cg36 7, 23; w35 232; g35 1/2 219; w34 248; de 29; w30 362

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 25:32

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1183-1184

      The Watchtower,

      1/1/2015, p. 13

      8/15/1998, p. 20

      10/15/1995, pp. 22-24

      2/1/1995, pp. 12-13

      5/1/1993, p. 19

      5/1/1989, p. 19

      5/15/1987, pp. 11-13

      3/1/1987, pp. 28-29

      Revelation Climax, pp. 123-124

      Proclaimers, pp. 162-164

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 25
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 25:32

      just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: Jesus here refers to a scene familiar to his listeners. In Bible times, shepherds cared for mixed flocks. (Ge 30:32, 33; 31:38) Sheep and goats commonly grazed together in the Middle East, and the shepherd could easily identify the two kinds of animals when he wanted to separate them. This separation may have been done for a variety of reasons. For example, it may have been for pasturing, breeding, milking, shearing, slaughtering, or even helping the animals to group together to stay warm at night. Whatever the case, this illustration well describes the clear separation that will take place when “the Son of man comes in his glory.”​—Mt 25:31.

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