The Sheep and the Goats

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[Spoken] And when the Son of Man comes And all the holy angels with Him Then shall He sit on His glorious throne And He will divide the nations before Him As a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats And He shall put the sheep on His right Put the goats on His left And He shall say to the sheep "Come ye, blessed of My Father Inherit the Kingdom I have prepared for you from the foundation of the world For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink I was naked, and you clothed Me I was a stranger, and you invited Me in I was sick, and I was in prison, and you came to Me Thank you, enter into your rest!" Then they shall answer Him Yes, they shall answer Him And they'll say, "Lord, when? When were You hungry, Lord, and we gave You something to eat? Lord, when were You thirsty? I can't remember, and we gave You drink? Huh, when were You naked Lord, and we clothed You? And Lord, when were You a stranger and we invited You in? I mean, we invited lots of people in But Lord, I'd never forget that face Oh Lord, when were You sick and we visited You? Or in prison, and we came to You? Lord, tell us!" "In as much as you've done it to the least of My brethren You've done it unto Me, oh yes In as much as you've done it to the very least of My brethren Oh, you've done it, you've done it unto Me Enter into your rest!" Then He shall turn to those on His left, the goats "Depart from Me, you cursed ones Into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels For I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink I was naked Out in the cold In exposure, and you sent Me away I was a stranger, and I knocked at your door But you didn't open, you told Me to go away I was sick Racked in pain upon My bed And I begged, and prayed, and pleaded that you'd come, but you didn't I was in prison And I rotted there I prayed that you'd come I heard your programs on the radio and read your magazines But you never came Depart from Me!" "Lord, there must be some mistake, when? Lord, when, I mean When were You hungry, Lord And we didn't give You something to eat? And Lord, when were You thirsty and we didn't give You drink? I mean, that's not fair Well, would You like something now? Would one of the angels like to go out and get the Lord a hamburger and a coke, yeah? Oh, You're not hungry Yeah, I lost my appetite, too Uh, Lord, uh Lord, when were You naked? I mean, Lord, that's not fair either, Lord We didn't know what size You wear Oh Lord, when were you a stranger, Lord? You weren't one of those creepy people who used to come to the door, were You? Oh Lord, that wasn't our ministry, Lord We just didn't feel led, You know? Lord, when were You sick? What did You have, anyway? Well, at least it wasn't fatal; oh, it was? I'm sorry Lord, I would have sent You a card Lord, just one last thing we wanna know When were You in prison Lord? What were You in for anyway? I had a friend in Levenworth..." "Enough! In as much as you've not done it unto the least of My brethren You've not done it unto Me In as much as you've not done it unto the least of My brethren You've not done it unto me Depart from Me!" And these shall go away into everlasting fire But the righteous into eternal life And my friends, the only difference between the sheep and the goats, according to this scripture Is what they did, and didn't do