Verse 39
Matthew 13:39
World English Bible, British Edition
39
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος· ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια ⸀αἰῶνός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν.
English Translation
But the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
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Chapter 13 Context
1
On that day Yashua (Jesus) went out of the house and sat by the seaside.
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Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and
sat; and all the multitude stoo...
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He spoke to them many things in parables, saying,
“Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
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As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
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Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, becau...
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When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
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Others fell amongst thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
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Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thi...
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9
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them
in parables?”
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11
He answered them,
“To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not...
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12
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from
hi...
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13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear,...
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14
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,
‘By hearing you will hear,
and will in no...
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15
for this people’s heart has grown callous,
their ears are dull of hearing,
and they have closed thei...
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16
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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17
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which
y...
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18
“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
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19
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches...
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20
What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives
i...
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yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises becaus...
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22
What was sown amongst the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the
d...
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23
What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certain...
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24
He set another parable before them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed...
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but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds
also amongst the wheat, and went away.
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But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
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27
The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field?...
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28
“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gathe...
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29
“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with the...
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30
Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First,
g...
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31
He set another parable before them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed w...
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32
which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becom...
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He spoke another parable to them.
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in...
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34
Yashua (Jesus) spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes;
and without a parable, he didn’...
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35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
“I will open my mouth in pa...
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36
Then Yashua (Jesus) sent the multitudes away, and went into the house.
His disciples came to him, sa...
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37
He answered them,
“He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
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the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the...
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39
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels...
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As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burnt with fire; so will it be at the end of this...
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The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cau...
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and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear,...
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44
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In
hi...
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“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
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who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
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“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish
of...
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which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into...
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So it will be in the end of the world.
The angels will come and separate the wicked from amongst the...
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and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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51
Yashua (Jesus) said to them,
“Have you understood all these things?”
They answered him, “Yes, Lord....
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52
He said to them,
“Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is li...
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53
When Yashua (Jesus) had finished these parables, he departed from there.
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54
Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so
that they were astonished and sai...
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55
Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his
brothers James, Joses, Simon,...
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56
Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all
of these things?”
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They were offended by him.
But Yashua (Jesus) said to them,
“A prophet is not without honour, except...
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He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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Verse Information
- Book
- Matthew
- Chapter
- Chapter 13 (58 verses)
- Version
- World English Bible, British Edition