Matthew 13:49

“So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous”

Matthew 13:49 · direct translation from the Greek
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Matthew 13:49, word by word

it will beἔσταιestai

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “estai” appears
the endσυντελείᾳsynteleiai

end, consummation

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

Where else “synteleiai” appears
of the ageαἰῶνοςaiōnos

age

This present world, or the one to come.

Where else “aiōnos” appears
the angelsἄγγελοιangeloi

angel

A messenger from heaven who serves God.

Where else “angeloi” appears
will go outἐξελεύσονταιexeleusontai

go out

To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.

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separateἀφοριοῦσινaphoriousin

set apart, separate

Separate, set apart; also mark off by boundaries.

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the evilπονηροὺςponērous

evil

One who does or desires evil, opposed to God and the good.

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amongμέσουmesou

middle

Middle, in the midst.

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the righteousδικαίωνdikaiōn

righteous

One who lives well, as God wants.

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The context

48when it was full, they hauled it up onto the shore and sat down and gathered the good ones into containers, but threw the bad ones away.

49 · This verse (above)

50and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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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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