Matthew 13:39
And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
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Daniel 7:10A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.
Matthew 13:25But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
Matthew 13:49So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.
Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.
2 Corinthians 11:13For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, 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 →