Luke 3:17

God's Word

His winnowing  shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor. He will gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”

Cross References

Psalm 1:4

Wicked people are not like that. Instead, they are like husks that the wind blows away.

Isaiah 30:24

The oxen and the donkeys which work the soil will eat a mixture of food that has been winnowed  with forks and shovels.

Jeremiah 15:7

“I will separate them with a winnowing  shovel at the city gates. I will make them childless. I will destroy my people because they will not change their ways.

Micah 4:12

They don’t know the thoughts of the Lord or understand his plan. He will bring them together like cut grain on the threshing floor.

Matthew 13:30

Let both grow together until the harvest. When the grain is cut, I will tell the workers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burned. But I’ll have them bring the wheat into my barn.’ ”

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing  shovel is in his hand, and he will clean up his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into a barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”

Luke 3:18

With many other encouraging words, he told the Good News to the people.