Matthew 13:39
The enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
40Therefore just as the tares are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of this age.
Cross References
Matthew 13:25but while the people were sleeping his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.
Matthew 13:49So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth and will separate the malignant out from among the righteous,
Matthew 25:31“When the Son of the Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on His throne of glory.
2 Corinthians 2:17However, we are not like the rest who retail the word of God; rather, we speak in Christ, out of sincerity, as of God in His very presence.
2 Corinthians 11:13Such men are really false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into ‘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 →