Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
The enemy who sowed them is the Devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
A Conservative Version
And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are heavenly agents.
American Standard Version
and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
The enemy who scattered the weed seeds is the devil; the harvest time is the end of the world; and the harvesters are angels.
Anderson New Testament
the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the enemy that sowed them is the devil: the harvest is the conclusion of the age: and the reapers are the angels.
Darby Translation
and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvestmen are angels.
Godbey New Testament
and the enemy sowing them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels.
Goodspeed New Testament
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
John Wesley New Testament
The enemy that sowed them is the devil: the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels.
Julia Smith Translation
And the enemy having sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of time; and the reapers are the messengers.
King James 2000
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Modern King James verseion
The enemy who sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the enemy that soweth them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers be the angels.
Moffatt New Testament
the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are angels.
Montgomery New Testament
"The enemy who sows the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age. The reapers are the angels.
NET Bible
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
New Heart English Bible
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Noyes New Testament
the enemy that sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
Sawyer New Testament
the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the world; and the reapers are angels.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the enemy that sowed them, is the adversary, and, the harvest, is, the conclusion of an age, and, the reapers, are, messengers.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest-time is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Webster
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Weymouth New Testament
The enemy who sows the darnel is *the Devil*; the harvest is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels.
Williams New Testament
The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the close of the age, the reapers are angels.
World English Bible
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Worrell New Testament
and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
Worsley New Testament
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
Themes
Adversary » Power of » Sowing the tares
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the tares
Angel (a spirit) » Functions of » Will be with Christ at the judgment
Angels » Execute the purposes of God
Devil/devils » What the devil is
End of the world » What the end of the world is likened to
Gospel » Compared to » Good seed
Harvest » The day of the lord’s harvest
Harvest » Illustrative » Of the end of the world
Jesus Christ » Kingdom of » Its nature
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the tares and other teachings (in galilee)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The tares (darnel)
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a man who sowed good seed
Parables » Parables of Christ » Tares
Reaping » Illustrative of » The final judgment
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Sowing the tares
Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares
Separation » Who the lord will separate
Serpent » Power of » Sowing the tares
Tempter » Power of » Sowing the tares
Titles and names of the devil » Enemy
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 13:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Weeds Interpreted
38 the field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Therefore as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.
Cross References
Matthew 24:3
Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
Matthew 13:49
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous
Matthew 28:20
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Matthew 13:25
but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
Matthew 13:28
He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them up?'
Matthew 25:31
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God; but as men of sincerity, as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Ephesians 6:11-12
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
2 Thessalonians 2:8-11
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
Hebrews 9:26
For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Jude 1:14
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of his holy ones,
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole worldhe was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 13:14
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which he was given power to do in the presence of the beast. He ordered them to make an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
Revelation 14:15-19
And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe."
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with sulfur.
Revelation 20:2-3
And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
Revelation 20:7-10
When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison