KJV King James Version
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
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Matthew 13:41
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
WEB World English Bible
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,
ASV American Standard Version
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,
Surrounding context — Matthew 13
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
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ἀποστελεῖG649 · apostellōto sendὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνθρώπουG444 · anthrōposa humanτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀγγέλουςG32 · angelosangelαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandσυλλέξουσινG4816 · sullegōto collectἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoβασιλείαςG932 · basileiakingdomαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heπάνταG3956 · pasallτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoσκάνδαλαG4625 · skandalonstumbling blockκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoποιοῦνταςG4160 · poieōto do/make: doτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνομίανG458 · anomialawlessness
Cross-references
Matthew 24:31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.Matthew 18:7Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!2 Peter 2:1-2But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.Matthew 13:49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,Romans 2:16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.Romans 2:8-9But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,Revelation 5:11-12And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Hebrews 1:6-7And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?Matthew 7:22-23Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?Romans 16:17-18Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.Luke 13:26-27Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.Zephaniah 1:3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.Matthew 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.Mark 13:27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
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