and the field [represents] the world. The good seed [represents] the children who belong to the kingdom, and the weeds [represent] the children who belong to the evil one [i.e., the devil].
Matthew 8:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But the children who [are supposed to] belong to the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness where there will be crying and excruciating pain.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition While the sons and heirs of the kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. [Ps. 107:2, 3; Isa. 49:12; 59:19; Mal. 1:11.] American Standard Version (1901) but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. Common English Bible But the children of the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth.” Catholic Public Domain Version But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. |
and the field [represents] the world. The good seed [represents] the children who belong to the kingdom, and the weeds [represent] the children who belong to the evil one [i.e., the devil].
He will throw these people into the fiery furnace where there will be crying and excruciating pain.
and throw the sinful ones into the fiery furnace where there will be crying and excruciating pain.”
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you [Jews] and will be given to a nation [i.e., the Gentiles] that will produce the fruit of the kingdom.
And [that master] will whip him to shreds and will turn him over to suffer the same fate as hypocrites do. That fate will involve crying and excruciating pain.”
Throw out that worthless servant into the [place of] outer darkness, where there will be crying and excruciating pain.
[Then] there will be crying and excruciating pain, when you will see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and [you will see] yourselves thrown outside.
You people are descendants of these prophets and [recipients] of the Agreement God made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham [Gen. 12:3], ‘And through your seed [i.e., your descendant Jesus] all the people of the earth will receive the blessings [of God].’
the Israelites. These people are God’s adopted children; they have [experienced] His glorious presence; they have [received] His Agreements; they have been given the Law of Moses; they possess the [Temple] service and the promises [of God].
Such people are like springs that give no water and clouds driven by the winds. [Only] the blackest darkness awaits them.
For if God did not spare sinning angels, but cast them in chains into deep, dark dungeons to await judgment;
[They are like] raging ocean waves, whose shameful actions bubble up like foam. [They are like] shooting stars [whose light quickly goes out], for whom total darkness has been reserved forever.
On the outside [of the city] are the dogs [Note: This probably refers to people who practiced sexual perversions. See Deut. 23:17] and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral people, and the murderers, and the idolaters and every person who loves and practices falsehood.