KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 13:30
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
WEB World English Bible
Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
ASV American Standard Version
Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 13
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 said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 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.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἄφετεG863 · aphiēmito release: leaveσυναυξάνεσθαιG4885 · sunauxanōto grow togetherἀμφότεραG297 · amphoterosbothτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθερισμοῦ·G2326 · therismosharvestκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongκαιρῷG2540 · kairostime/right timeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθερισμοῦG2326 · therismosharvestἐρῶG4483 · rheō, ereōto sayτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoθερισταῖς·G2327 · theristēsreaperσυλλέξατεG4816 · sullegōto collectπρῶτονG4413 · prōtosfirstτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoζιζάνιαG2215 · zizanionweedκαὶG2532 · kaiandδήσατεG1210 · deōto bindαὐτὰG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardδέσμαςG1197 · desmēbundleπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατακαῦσαιG2618 · katakaiōto burnαὐτά·G846 · autosit/s/heτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenσῖτονG4621 · sitosgrainσυναγάγετεG4863 · sunagōto assembleεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀποθήκηνG596 · apothēkēstorehouseμου.¶G3165 · meme
Cross-references
Matthew 3:12Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.1 Timothy 5:24Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some [men] they follow after.1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.Matthew 13:39-43The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.Matthew 25:32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats:Luke 3:17Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:Matthew 25:6-13And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.1 Samuel 25:29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle of a sling.Ezekiel 15:4-7Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for [any] work?Matthew 22:10-14So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.Isaiah 27:10-11Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
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