Berean Standard Bible

“and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.”

Matthew 13:39

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Jesus is explaining to his disciples the parable of the weeds sown among the wheat. In the story an enemy secretly plants weeds in a farmer's field, and the farmer decides to let both grow together until harvest.

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Joel 3:13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
Matthew 13:30Let 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.’”
Matthew 24:31And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Revelation 14:15Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

World English Bible (WEB)

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

King James Version (KJV)

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

American Standard Version (ASV)

and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y el enemigo que la sembró, es el diablo; y la siega es el fin del mundo, y los segadores son los ángeles.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

El enemigo que sembró la mala hierba entre el trigo es el diablo; la siega es el fin del mundo, y los segadores son los ángeles.

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Matthew 13:39

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