Matthew 25:35-40

It's hard for me to understand how those who profess the Christian faith can ignore Biblical passages that they find inconvenient or don't fit their points of view. To me it's very clear, when deciding on what to do about DACA, for instance. Does it mean something else rather than what it clearly says in the passage below?

Matthew 25:35-40New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous[a] will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ 40 And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’

We are supposed to help people regardless of who they are or where they came from. One person said that this passage was written a long time ago and times have changed. Hmmm...I've been a Lector at several parishes for more than 25 years. I am very familiar with this passage and I haven't noticed any exceptions to that passage in recent editions or translations, in homilies, or from the Vatican.

We need to try harder. I went into a Starbucks coffee shop one day. I waited for quite a while to get my drink. A sandwich lay on the counter. The store manager called out a name and referenced the sandwich. Just before I left, she gave up and tossed it in the trash. It was not lost on me that I had seen an obviously homeless man about two blocks from Starbucks. It would have been surprising if he had refused that sandwich if it was offered to him. I regretted not foraging through the trash to retrieve that sandwich to take to the man. I didn't. I wish I had. I will probably not let another similar opportunity pass by.

I would love opinions on this.