Matthew 13:30
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- KJV
- Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- WEB
- Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
- ASV
- Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
- DARBY
- Suffer both to grow together unto the harvest, and in time of the harvest I will say to the harvestmen, Gather first the darnel, and bind it into bundles to burn it; but the wheat bring together into my granary.
- BLB
- Allow both to grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the harvesters: First collect the weeds and bind them into bundles in order to burn them up; but gather together the wheat into my barn.’”
- ÅB
- La dem begge vokse sammen fram til høsten. Når høsttiden kommer vil jeg si til høstfolkene: “Sank først ugresset sammen og bind det i bunter for å brenne det; Men samle hveten i låven min!”’»
- OTB
- La begge vokse sammen til høsten. Ved høsttiden vil jeg si til høstfolkene: “Samle først ugresset og bind det i bunter for å brenne det, men samle hveten i låven min.”’»
- B1930
- La dem begge vokse sammen inntil høsten, og når høsttiden kommer, vil jeg si til høstfolkene: Sank først ugresset sammen og bind det i bunter for å brenne det op; men samle hveten i min lade!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:24
Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Read in contextJohn 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Read in contextMalachi 3:18–4:1
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Read in contextMatthew 13:39–43
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Read in contextMatthew 25:32
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Read in contextMatthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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