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Matthew 13:40 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age. "

Matthew 13:40

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38 the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

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

40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling and those who do iniquity,

42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Matthew 13:1

"On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside."

Matthew 13:2

"Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach."

Matthew 13:3

"He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow."

Matthew 13:4

"As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them."

Matthew 13:5

"Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth."

Matthew 13:6

"When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away."

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