Sunday, December 3, 2023
Matthew – New International Version
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’”
Visiting Prisoners in Jesus’ Day – David Stubbs/Christianity Today
“Jesus was explicit that he, as the Messiah, was the fulfillment of Isaiah’s vision ‘to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness’ (Isa. 42:7).
“Those aren’t only metaphors. We, like those in the early church, must remember those in prison as if we were also imprisoned.”