# Help Finding A Bible Passage

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 21, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-bible-passage/285937 "2005-01-21T17:27:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-bible-passage/285937/1 "2005-01-21T17:27:01Z")

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WHat is the bible passage that is something along the lines:

“What you do to the least of my children you do unto me.”

I believe it is from Matthew.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-bible-passage/285937/2 "2005-01-21T17:30:42Z")

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Matthew 25:40

But it’s “brethren,” not children.

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**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-bible-passage/285937/3 "2005-01-21T17:33:26Z")

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> **[Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 25:31-46 - New International Version](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2B25:31-46)**
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> The Sheep and the Goats - “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates...

On Preview: I got beat to the answer.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-bible-passage/285937/4 "2005-01-21T19:39:24Z")

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To th more general question of “How does one find a biblical verse (at least in English translation)?” Follow the example provided of going to [Bible Gateway](http://bible.gospelcom.net/) and follow the instructions provided.

On the advanced searches, one can limit the books searched as well as using (limited) boolean operators for words sought.

They also provide access to the bible in [several other language translations](http://bible.gospelcom.net/versions/).