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(Sometimes ancient scripture benefits from a timely paraphrase to make its real-time relevance starkly clear.)

By Mark D. Stucky

A Judgment Day Dialogue: Matthew 25 for 2025

And the Lord will say to them on Judgment Day,
“I was hungry, and you defunded my food aid programs.
I was thirsty, and you rolled back drinking water protections.
I was a stranger, and you snatched me and deported me.
I was naked, and you gave tax breaks to billionaires.
I was sick, and you cut Medicaid and Medicare.
I was in prison, and you gave me no due process.”

And the self-righteous will ask him,
“Lord, when did we do those things to you?”

The Lord will answer them,
“Whatever you did
to one of the least of these,
brothers and sisters of mine,
you did to me.”


(Paraphrased excerpt from Matthew 25:31-46.)

(First published in Substack, 21 May 2025. See also my poems “Bringing Heaven to Earth” and “Quantum Acts of Kindness.”)

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