Matth. 25, 31-46.
But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory, and all nations will be gathered before him. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats, and shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right: Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I have been hungry, and you have fed me. I have been thirsty, and you have given me drink. I have been a sojourner, and ye have lodged me. I have been naked, and you have clothed me. I have been sick, and you have visited me. I have been a prisoner, and you have come to me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and watered thee? When did we see thee a sojourner, and lodge thee? or naked, and clothe thee? When did we see thee sick, or captive, and come unto thee? And the king shall answer and say unto them: Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. I have been hungry, and you have not fed me. I have been thirsty, and you have not given me drink. I have been a guest, and ye have not lodged me. I have been naked, and you have not clothed me. I have been sick and a prisoner, and you have not visited me. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And they shall go into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Because this Sunday is so rare, I have not been able to find any interpretation of it in the books written by M. Georg Rörer, except for one which the man of God wrote in 1537 (the year in which the sermon on the Gospel was preached).
of the next preceding Sunday). The same interpretation has already been printed in the church bulletin, so I did not want to put it here. Whoever wants to have it, may look for it in the church bulletin.