Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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. By the good seed is meant the People of the Kingdom. The tares are the wicked, 39  And the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest-time is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 And, just as the tares are gathered and burnt, so it will be at the close of the age.


Cross References

Matthew 24:3

So, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said: "Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your Coming, and of the close of the age."

Matthew 13:49

So will it be at the close of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous,

Matthew 28:20

And teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age."

Matthew 13:25

But, while every one was asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and then went away.

Matthew 13:28

'An enemy has done this,' was his answer. 'Do you wish us, then,' they asked,' to go and gather them together?'

Matthew 25:31

When the Son of Man has come in his glory and all the angels with him, then he 'will take his seat on his throne of glory';

2 Corinthians 2:17

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:3

Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the Serpent by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

Men of this stamp are false apostles, treacherous workers, disguising themselves as Apostles of Christ!

Ephesians 2:2

For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

Ephesians 6:11-12

Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the Devil.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

And to give relief to you who are suffering, as well as to us, at the Appearing of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with his mighty angels, 'in flaming fire.'

2 Thessalonians 2:8-11

Then will 'Wickedness Incarnate' appear, but the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his lips, and annihilate him by the splendor of his Coming.

Hebrews 9:26

for then Christ would have had to undergo death many times since the creation of the world. But now, once and for all, at the close of the age, he has appeared, in order to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself.

1 Peter 5:8

Exercise self-control, be watchful. Your adversary, the Devil, like a roaring lion, is prowling about, eager to devour you.

Jude 1:14

To these men, as to others, Enoch, the seventh in descent from Adam, declared-- 'See! the Lord has come with his hosts of holy ones around him,

Revelation 12:9

Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the 'Devil' and 'Satan,' who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

Revelation 13:14

and in consequence of the marvels which it was allowed to perform under the eyes of the Beast, it is able to deceive all who are living on the earth. It bids those who live on the earth to make a statue in honour of the Beast, who, despite the wound from the sword, yet lived.

Revelation 14:15-19

Then another angel came out from the Temple, crying in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud-- 'Take your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come; the Harvest of Earth is ready.'

Revelation 19:20

The Beast was captured, and with him was taken the false Prophet, who performed the marvels before the eyes of the Beast, with which he deceived those who had received the brand of the Beast and those who worshiped his image. Alive, they were thrown, both of them, into the fiery lake 'of burning sulphur.'

Revelation 20:2-3

He seized the Dragon, the primeval Serpent (who is the 'Devil' or 'Satan'), and bound him in chains for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:7-10

When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose from his prison,

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