Matthew 13:39
the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
40As, therefore, the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.
Cross References
Matthew 13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.
Matthew 13:49So shall it be in the end of the age: the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just,
Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory;
2 Corinthians 2:17For we do not, as the many, adulterate the word of God; but, as from sincerity, but, as from God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:25-44
Parable of the Tares, the Mustard-Seed, the Leaven, &c.. 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He… Read the whole commentary →