Matthew 13:39

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

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  • Matt 13:49 : 49 It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous
  • Matt 24:3 : 3 Signs of the End of the Age As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said,“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
  • Joel 3:13 : 13 Rush forth with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe! Come, stomp the grapes, for the winepress is full! The vats overflow. Indeed, their evil is great!
  • Matt 13:25 : 25 But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.
  • Matt 25:31 : 31 The Judgment“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
  • Eph 6:11-12 : 11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
  • 2 Thess 2:8-9 : 8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival. 9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, 10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved. 11 Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.
  • Heb 9:26 : 26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
  • Rev 14:15-19 : 15 Then another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud,“Use your sickle and start to reap, because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 16 So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. 17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle,“Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth and tossed them into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf– signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
  • Rev 20:2-3 : 2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years. 3 The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished.(After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)
  • Rev 20:7-9 : 7 Satan’s Final Defeat Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. 9 They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. 10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.
  • Jude 1:14 : 14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying,“Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength, 10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed– and you did in fact believe our testimony.
  • Matt 13:28 : 28 He said,‘An enemy has done this!’ So the slaves replied,‘Do you want us to go and gather it?’
  • Dan 7:10 : 10 A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.

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

    41The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

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

    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

    44Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

  • Matt 13:35-38
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    35This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:“I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

    36Explanation for the Disciples Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying,“Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.”

    37He answered,“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

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

  • Matt 13:24-31
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    24The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

    25But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.

    26When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel also appeared.

    27So the slaves of the landowner came and said to him,‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the darnel come from?’

    28He said,‘An enemy has done this!’ So the slaves replied,‘Do you want us to go and gather it?’

    29But he said,‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.

    30Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers,“First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

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  • Matt 13:47-50
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    47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

    48When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

    49It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

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

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18“So listen to the parable of the sower:

    19When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

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    18Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle,“Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe.”

    19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth and tossed them into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

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    15Then another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud,“Use your sickle and start to reap, because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!”

    16So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

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    36The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

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    14The sower sows the word.

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    29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”

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    11“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

    12Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

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    13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

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    7Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

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    6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

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    22The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

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    13My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the LORD will take them away in his fierce anger.

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    13Rush forth with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe! Come, stomp the grapes, for the winepress is full! The vats overflow. Indeed, their evil is great!

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

    38Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.”

  • Matt 24:31
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    31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

  • Luke 3:17
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    17His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”

  • Rev 16:14
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    14For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.

  • Matt 3:12
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    12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire!”