Matthew 13:40

“So just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.”

Matthew 13:40 · direct translation from the Greek
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Matthew 13:40, word by word

just asὥσπερhōsper

just as

Just as, in the same way as.

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the darnelζιζάνιαzizania

weeds, darnel

Darnel, weeds: a plant that looks like wheat while it grows but gives a poisonous grain.

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is gatheredσυλλέγεταιsyllegetai

gather, collect

Gather, collect, pick up.

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burnedκαίεταιkaietai

burn up

To destroy something with fire.

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with fireπυρὶpyri

fire

Fire.

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it will beἔσταιestai

be

To be: says who or what something is.

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the endσυντελείᾳsynteleiai

end, consummation

End, completion; "the end of the age".

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of the ageαἰῶνοςaiōnos

age

This present world, or the one to come.

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The context

39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

40 · This verse (above)

41The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of stumbling and those who do lawlessness,

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  1. 1. What it says

    On which four kinds of ground did the sower's seed fall (vv. 4–8)?

  2. 2. What it means

    Why did Jesus teach the crowds in parables (vv. 10–13)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    In the sower's parable, worry can choke the word (v. 22). What chokes it most in your day?

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