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A traveler holds out an empty cup while a passerby looks away from him.
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Matthew 25:41-43

Mercy withheld

Ready, Faithful, and Merciful · Matthew 25

Story guide: The empty cup and averted gaze illustrate withheld care as the King names the needs left unanswered.

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41Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Go away from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’

42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

43I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.

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