What Does Matthew 25:40 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“shall answer”

to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the King”

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)

“and say”

an alternate for g2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e., speak or say

“unto them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“Verily”

properly, firm, i.e., (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it)

“I say”

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an

“unto you”

to (with or by) you

“Inasmuch”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

“as”

as (much, great, long, etc.) as

“ye have done”

to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)

“it unto one”

one

“of these”

of (from or concerning) these (persons or things)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“brethren”

a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like g0001)

“my”

of me

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of the least”

used as equivalent to g3398; least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.)

“it unto me”

to me

“ye have done”

to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)