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Matthew 13:39 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Matthew 13:39 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Matthew chapter 13 verse 39 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.”
Matthew 13:39 (KJV)
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Commentary on Matthew 13:39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil (ὁ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος, ho echthros ho speiras auta estin ho diabolos)—Satan is the counter-sower, deliberately planting false believers to infiltrate and confuse the kingdom. The harvest is the end of the world (συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνος, synteleia tou aiōnos—'the consummation of the age'). The reapers are the angels (θερισταί εἰσιν ἄγγελοι, theristai eisin angeloi)—God's appointed agents of final separation.This establishes eschatological framework: judgment is certain, but delayed. The coexistence of wheat and tares is temporary, ending a...
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Cross-References for Matthew 13:39
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“crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud”
“and separate the wicked from among the righteous”
“tread”
“and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight”
“the disciples came to him privately”
“that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.”
“his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds{darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature”
“when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire”
“the old serpent”