Matthew 13:30

Suffer ye them both to wax into reaping time; and in the time of ripe corn, I shall say to the reapers, (or Allow them both to grow until harvest time; and at harvest time, I shall say to the harvesters), First gather ye together the tares, [or the darnels, or (the) cockles], and bind them together in knitches, [or small bundles], to be burnt, but gather ye the wheat into my barn.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

In Context

29And he said, Nay, lest peradventure ye in gathering (the) tares, [or the darnels, or (the) cockles], draw up with them [also] the wheat by the root.

31Another parable Jesus put forth to them, and said, The kingdom of heavens is like to a corn of sinapi, which a man took, and sowed in his field. (Jesus put forth another parable to them, and said, The Kingdom of Heaven is like a kernel, or a grain, of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field.)

Read all of Matthew 13

Cross References

Job 39:12Whether thou shalt believe to him, that he shall yield seed to thee, and shall gather (it) together (for) thy cornfloor? (Shalt thou trust him, that he shall bring in thy seed to thee, and shall gather it unto thy threshing floor?)

Ezekiel 15:4Lo! it is given [to the fire] into meat; [the] fire wasted ever either part thereof, and the midst thereof is driven into a dead spark; whether it shall be profitable to work? (Behold! it is sent into the fire for fuel; the fire destroyed each part of it, and the midst of it is driven into a dead spark; shall it be profitable, (or useful), for anything?)

Matthew 3:12Whose winnowing cloth, [or tool, or fan], is in his hand, and he shall fully cleanse his cornfloor, (or and he shall completely cleanse his grain floor, or his threshing floor), and shall gather his wheat into his barn; but the chaff he shall burn with (the) fire that may not be quenched [or that is unquenchable].

Matthew 22:10And his servants went out into the ways, and gathered together all that they found, good and evil; and the bridal was [or the weddings be] full-filled with men sitting at the meat (or and the wedding feast was filled full with people come for the meal).

Matthew 25:32and all folks shall be gathered before him (or and all the nations and all the peoples shall be gathered before him), and he shall separate them [or he shall part them] atwain, as a shepherd separateth [or parteth] sheep from kids;

Luke 3:17Whose winnowing tool, or fan, is in his hand, and he shall purge his floor of corn, [or and he shall purge his cornfloor], (or and he shall purge his floor of grain, or his threshing floor), and shall gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he shall burn with fire unquenchable.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 13:30