Matthew 22:11 Cross References - Moffatt

¹¹ Now when the king came in to view his guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in a wedding-robe.

¹² His winnowing-fan is in his hand, he will clean out his threshing-floor, his wheat he will gather into the granary, but the straw he will burn with fire unquenchable."

³⁰ Let them both grow side by side till harvest; and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burnt, but to collect the wheat in my granary.'"

³¹ When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory, ³² and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

²² but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn.

¹⁴ No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

⁵ So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

³ since I am sure that once so covered I shall not be 'naked' at the hour of death.

²⁷ (for all of you who had yourselves baptized into Christ have taken on the character of Christ).

²⁴ putting on the new nature, that divine pattern which has been created in the upright and pious character of the Truth.

¹⁰ and put on the new nature which is renewed in the likeness of its Creator for the knowledge of him. ¹¹ In it there is no room for Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free man; Christ is everything and everywhere.

¹² For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow — scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart. ¹³ And no created thing is hidden from him; all things lie open and exposed before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

²³ and her children I will exterminate. So shall all the churches know that I am the searcher of the inmost heart; I will requite each of you according to what you have done.

⁴ Still, you have a few souls at Sardis who have not soiled their raiment; they shall walk beside me in white, for they deserve to. ⁵ 'The conqueror shall be clad in white raiment; I will never erase his name from the book of Life, but will own him openly before my Father and before his angels.'

¹⁸ I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich, white raiment to clothe you and prevent the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to rub on your eyes, that you may see.

¹⁵ (Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

⁸ Yea, she is allowed to put on fine linen, dazzling white" (the white linen is the righteous conduct of the saints).