Matthew 13:39 “and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of th…”

Matthew 13:39

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

World English Bible

The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

American Standard Version

and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the enemie that soweth them, is the deuill, and the haruest is the end of the worlde, and the reapers be the Angels.

Darby Translation

and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is [the] completion of [the] age, and the harvestmen are angels.

Young's Literal Translation

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

Bible in Basic English

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

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Cross references

“enemy”

Revelation 19:20 Matthew 13:25 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 13:14 1 Peter 5:8 Matthew 13:28

Revelation 19:20 · BSB

But 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 alive…

Matthew 13:25 · BSB

But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

Revelation 12:9 · BSB

And 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.

Revelation 13:14 · BSB

Because 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.

1 Peter 5:8 · BSB

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Matthew 13:28 · BSB

‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

“harvest”

Matthew 13:49 Revelation 14:15–19 Joel 3:13 Matthew 24:3

Matthew 13:49 · BSB

So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

Revelation 14:15–19 · BSB

Then 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.”

Joel 3:13 · BSB

Swing 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.

Matthew 24:3 · BSB

While 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?”

“reaper”

Matthew 25:31 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10 Daniel 7:10 Jude 1:14

Matthew 25:31 · BSB

When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

2 Thessalonians 1:7–10 · BSB

and 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

Daniel 7:10 · BSB

A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Jude 1:14 · BSB

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

Also

Hebrews 9:26 Matthew 28:20

Hebrews 9:26 · BSB

Otherwise, 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.

Matthew 28:20 · BSB

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

40As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

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