Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The enemy
ἐχθρός 
Echthros 
Usage: 18

σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15


Usage: 0

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585
Usage: 585

the devil
διάβολος 
Diabolos 
Usage: 32

the harvest
θερισμός 
therismos 
Usage: 1

the end
συντέλεια 
sunteleia 
end
Usage: 2

of the world
αἰών 
Aion 
Usage: 101

and
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the reapers
θεριστής 
theristes 
Usage: 0

are
εἰσί 
Eisi 
are, be, were, have, not tr,
Usage: 97

References

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Weeds Interpreted

38 the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked; 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.


Cross References

Matthew 24:3

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the age?

Joel 3:13

Put in the sickle for the harvest is ripe; come, go down for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Matthew 13:49

So shall it be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you always even unto the end of the age. Amen.

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousands of thousands served him, and ten thousands of ten thousands stood before him; the Judge sat down, and the books were opened.

Matthew 13:25

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.

Matthew 13:28

He said unto them, The enemy, a man, has done this. The slaves said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

Matthew 25:31

When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory,

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as many, false merchandisers of the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear that as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your senses should be corrupted in some way, and ye should fall from the simplicity that is in the Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

For these false apostles are deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

Ephesians 2:2

in which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the will of the prince of the power of this air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience,

Ephesians 6:11-12

Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand firm against the wiles of the devil.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

and to give you, who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with the angels of his power,

2 Thessalonians 2:8-11

And then shall that Wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth and remove with the clarity of his coming:

Hebrews 9:26

otherwise it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world; but now once in the consummation of the ages he has appeared to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself.

1 Peter 5:8

Be temperate and vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,

Jude 1:14

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, the serpent of old, who is called Devil and the Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 13:14

and deceives those that dwell on the earth by those signs which were given unto him to do in the presence of the beast, commanding those that dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast, which has the wound by the sword, and did live.

Revelation 14:15-19

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that was seated on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle and reap; for the hour is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is dry.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken and with it the false prophet that wrought miracles in its presence, with which he had deceived those that had taken the mark of the beast and had worshipped its image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 20:2-3

And he laid hold on the dragon, the serpent of old, which is the Devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years

Revelation 20:7-10

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison

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