Matthew 13:39
The enemy that sowed them, is Satan. The harvest is the end of the world: and the reapers are the angels.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so will it be in the end of the world.
Cross References
Matthew 13:25And while people were asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.
Matthew 13:49So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will go forth, and will sever the wicked from among the just;
Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like others, who dilute the words of God; but as of the truth, and as of God, we speak in the Messiah before God.
2 Corinthians 11:13For they are false legates, crafty workers, and feign themselves to be legates of the Messiah.
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 →