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Matthew 13:39 KJV
Matthew · chapter 13 · verse 39
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 · King James Version
Matthew 13:39 in context
37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41The 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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Key words (Strong's)
- harvesttherismosharvest, the act of reaping, fig. of the gathering of men into the kingdom of God…G2326 →
- reaperstheristēsa reaperG2327 →
- enemyechthroshated, odious, hateful, hostile, hating, and opposing another, used of men as at enmity…G2190 →
- sowedspeirōto sow, scatter, seed, metaph. of proverbial sayingsG4687 →
- devildiabolosprone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer…G1228 →
- devildebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
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In these verses, we have, I. Another reason given why Christ preached by parables, Mat 13:34, Mat 13:35. All these things he spoke in parables, because the time was not yet come for the more clear and plain discoveries of the mysteries of the kingdom.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-43