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The Parable of the Weeds Explained

Matthew 13:39

In 9 translations

BSB
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
KJV
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
WEB
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
ASV
and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
LSV
and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil, and the harvest is [the] full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
YLT
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
DBY
and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is [the] completion of [the] age, and the harvestmen are angels.
DRC
And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
GNV
And the enemie that soweth them, is the deuill, and the haruest is the end of the worlde, and the reapers be the Angels.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τοῦ (“of the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: αἰῶνός. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αἰῶνός; Robinson–Pierpont read τοῦ αἰῶνός.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος· ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια αἰῶνός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν.
RP2018
ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος· ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνός ἐστιν· οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν.
TR-Boyd
ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος· ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνός ἐστιν· οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν.
SCR1894
ο δε εχθρος ο σπειρας αυτα εστιν ο διαβολος ο δε θερισμος συντελεια του αιωνος εστιν οι δε θερισται αγγελοι εισιν

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  • Matthew 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
  • Revelation 14:15–19Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.” So the One…
  • Matthew 25:31When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
  • Joel 3:13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
  • Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown…
  • Revelation 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
  • Matthew 24:3While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
  • Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God…
  • Matthew 13:25But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
  • 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
  • Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
  • Ephesians 6:11–12Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this…
  • Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  • Revelation 20:2–3He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations…
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:8–11And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of…

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