Luke 3:17

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His winnowing fork is in his hand to thoroughly clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

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  • Matt 13:30 : 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.”’
  • Isa 30:24 : 24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.
  • Jer 15:7 : 7 I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved and destroyed My people, yet they have not turned from their ways.
  • Mic 4:12 : 12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand His plan, that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
  • Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
  • Mark 9:43-49 : 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go into hell, where the fire never goes out. 44 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell, where the fire never goes out. 46 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 47 If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind drives away.
  • Ps 21:9-9 : 9 Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You. 10 You will make them like a fiery furnace in the time of Your presence; the LORD will swallow them in His anger, and fire will consume them.

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    10Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

    11I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

  • Luke 3:16
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    16John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • Matt 13:39-42
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    39The enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

    40Just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

    41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all things that cause sin and all who practice lawlessness.

    42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 13:29-30
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    29‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

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    9The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Isa 33:11-12
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    11You conceive chaff, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will devour you.

    12The peoples will be burned as if to lime, like cut thorns set ablaze in the fire.

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    18And in many other ways, with various exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.

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    7I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved and destroyed My people, yet they have not turned from their ways.

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    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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    48When it was full, the fishermen pulled it onto the shore. Then they sat down and gathered the good fish into baskets, but threw the bad ones away.

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    50They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Rev 14:18-19
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    18Still another angel, who had authority over the fire, came out from the altar and called with a loud voice to the one holding the sharp sickle, "Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe."

    19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered its grapes, and he threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath.

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    6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

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    15For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and His chariots will be like a whirlwind, to bring down His wrath in fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

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    10they too will drink the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured full strength into the cup of His anger. They will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb.

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    18They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

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    49I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

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    13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow—because their wickedness is great.

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    30Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

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    18By the wrath of the LORD Almighty, the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

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    21I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in it.

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    48Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

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    9Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.

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