Matthew 25:33
Good News Translation
He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left.

New Revised Standard Version
and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.

Contemporary English Version
He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

New American Bible
He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

the sheep.

Psalm 79:13 But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation.

Psalm 95:7 For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

John 10:26-28 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. . . .

John 21:15-17 When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. . . .

his.

Genesis 48:13,14,17-19 And he set Ephraim on his right hand, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father's right hand, and brought them near to him. . . .

Psalm 45:9 The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.

Psalm 110:1 A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

Mark 16:19 And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God.

Acts 2:34,35 For David ascended not into heaven; but he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand, . . .

Ephesians 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory and the figure of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, making purgation of sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high:

Context
The Sheep and the Goats
32And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: 33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. 34Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.…
Cross References
1 Kings 2:19
Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

Psalm 45:9
The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.

Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.

Matthew 25:32
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