Rick Lee James performs a spoken-word piece built on Matthew 25:40: "Whatever you do to the least of these, you do it unto me." He names the poor, sick, addicts, LGBTQ+ people, prisoners, and others, arguing that serving any of them is serving Christ.
Chapters
1, 2, 3, 4. When you saw me hungry, you gave me food to eat. When you saw me thirsty, you gave me water. When I was a stranger, you opened up your door. When you saw me shivering, you clothed me made me warm.
Whatever you do to the least of these, you do it unto me. When you serve the broken, the poor, the lost, you're serving Christ your King.
When you love your neighbor, when you love your enemy, whatever you do to the least of You do it unto me. When you saw me hurting, you came to soothe my pain. When you saw me locked up, you came to my prison. When you saw me hopeless, you brought joy into my life. When you saw me suffering, you stayed right by my side.
Whatever you do to the least of these, you do it unto me. When you serve the broken, the poor, the lost, you're serving Christ your King. When you love your neighbor, when you love your enemy, Whatever you do to the least of these, you do it unto me.
The faces of the poor are the faces of the Lord. The faces of the sick are the faces of the Lord. The faces of the The addicts, the drag queens, the convicts, the beggars, the atheists, the Muslims, the racists, the Jews, the gays, the Christians, the straights, the Republicans, the Democrats, the prostitutes, the diplomats, the elderly, the homeless, the disabled, The fatherless, the blind, the deaf, those unsure of their righteousness.
The doctors, the lawyers, the pacifists, the soldiers, the humble, the vain, those abused in Jesus' name. The cowardly, the fearless, the selfish and the generous, the hardworking, The lazy, those who the world calls crazy, the bitter, the downhearted. Oh, we've barely gotten started. Whatever you do to the least of these, whatever you do to the least of these, you do it unto me. You do it unto me.
