Matthew 3:12

New American Bible - revised edition

His winnowing fan is in his hand. He will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” The Baptism of Jesus.

Cross References

Job 21:18

Let them be like straw before the wind, like chaff the storm carries away!

Psalm 1:4

But not so are the wicked, not so! They are like chaff driven by the wind.

Psalm 35:5

Make them like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.

Isaiah 1:31

The strong tree shall turn to tinder, and the one who tends it shall become a spark; Both of them shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

Isaiah 17:13

But God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, Driven like chaff on the mountains before a wind, like tumbleweed before a storm.

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry. But if I were to find briers and thorns, In battle I would march against it; I would burn it all.

Isaiah 28:28

Grain is crushed for bread, but not forever; though he thresh it thoroughly, and drive his cartwheel and horses over it, he does not pulverize it.

Isaiah 30:24

The oxen and the donkeys that till the ground will eat silage tossed to them with shovel and pitchfork.

Isaiah 41:16

When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off, the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, as the tongue of fire licks up stubble, as dry grass shrivels in the flame, Their root shall rot and their blossom scatter like dust; For they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts, and scorned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 66:24

They shall go out and see the corpses of the people who rebelled against me; For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be extinguished; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

Jeremiah 15:7

I winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved, destroyed my people; they have not turned from their evil ways.

Jeremiah 17:27

But if you do not obey me and keep holy the sabbath day, if you carry burdens and come through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath, I will set fire to its gates—a fire never to be extinguished—and it will consume the palaces of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A scorching wind from the bare heights comes through the wilderness toward my daughter, the people. Not to winnow, not to cleanse,

Jeremiah 51:2

To Babylon I will send winnowers to winnow and lay waste the land; They shall besiege it on every side on the day of affliction.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: my anger and my wrath will pour out upon this place, upon human being and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruits of the earth; it will burn and not be quenched.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like a morning cloud or like the dew that vanishes with the dawn, Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor or like smoke out of the window.

Amos 9:9

For see, I have given the command to sift the house of Israel among all the nations, As one sifts with a sieve, letting no pebble fall to the ground.

Matthew 13:30

Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’” The Parable of the Mustard Seed.

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.

Matthew 13:42

They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.

Matthew 13:43

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear. More Parables.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

Luke 3:17

His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

John 15:2

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.