[what's up]

That passage is embedded in a series of dialogues given by Christ discussing judgment Day toward the end of the Gospel of Matthew. The Jews were so convinced that all they needed was their ethnic background (descendants of Abraham) to reach Heaven that Jesus found it necessary to warn them of the dire error of their thinking shortly before He went to Calvary. They would be included in the masses of people from all nations called up for judgment on the last day.

In this particular dialogue Jesus emphasizes the necessity of helping the under-privileged (the previous passage emphasized readiness and the one before that emphasized the impossibility of predicting God's timing) to reflect a life devoted to God. The Jews, who were relying on their heritage, were neglectful of charity. A few chapters previously (ch.23) Jesus had castigated the Jewish leaders sharply for their utter hypocrisy...now He's describing the end of ANY individual who has denied God and His works.

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.now He's describing the end of ANY individual who has denied God and His works.

That's right but there are some very subtle messages embedded in the text. What are they?