Matthew 25:32
Good News Translation
and the people of all the nations will be gathered before him. Then he will divide them into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

New Revised Standard Version
All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

Contemporary English Version
The people of all nations will be brought before him, and he will separate them, as shepherds separate their sheep from their goats.

New American Bible
and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:

before.

Psalm 96:13 before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.

Psalm 98:9 At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity.

Acts 17:30,31 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance. . . .

Romans 2:12,16 For whosoever have sinned without the law shall perish without the law: and whosoever have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law. . . .

Romans 14:10-12 But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? Or thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. . . .

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil.

Revelation 20:12-15 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works. . . .

he shall separate.

Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

Matthew 13:42,43,49 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. . . .

Psalm 1:5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.

Psalm 50:3-5 God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him. . . .

Ezekiel 20:38 And I will pick out from among you the transgressors, and the wicked, and will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:17-22 And as for you, O my flocks, thus saith the Lord God: Behold I judge between cattle and cattle, of rams and of he goats. . . .

Malachi 3:18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God.

as.

Psalm 78:52 And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

John 10:14,27 I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine know me. . . .

Context
The Sheep and the Goats
31And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. 32And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: 33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:10
The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens: The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, and shall exalt the horn of his Christ.

Ezekiel 34:17
And as for you, O my flocks, thus saith the Lord God: Behold I judge between cattle and cattle, of rams and of he goats.

Ezekiel 34:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself will judge between the fat cattle and the lean.

Matthew 13:49
So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.

Matthew 28:19
Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil.

Matthew 25:31
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