Matthew 13:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.’””

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BSBPD

“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.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 13:30 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
  2. Job 39:12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
  3. Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
  4. Ezekiel 15:4No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
  5. Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  6. Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  7. Matthew 13:39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
  8. Matthew 22:10So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
  9. Matthew 25:6At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
  10. Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
  11. Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  12. Luke 3:17His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  13. John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
  14. 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  15. 1 Timothy 5:24The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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