Matthew 13:39

New International Reader's Version

The enemy who plants them is the devil. The harvest is judgment day. And the workers are angels.

Cross References

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire was flowing. It was coming out from in front of God. Thousands and thousands of angels served him. Millions of them stood in front of him. The court was seated. And the books were opened.

Joel 3:13

My soldiers, swing your blades. The nations are ripe for harvest. Come and stomp on them as if they were grapes. Crush them until the winepress of my anger is full. Do it until the wine spills over from the places where it is stored. The nations have committed far too many sins!”

Matthew 12:32

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. A person like that won’t be forgiven either now or in days to come.

Matthew 13:22

The seed that fell among the thorns is like others who hear the message. But then the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth crowd it out. They keep the message from producing fruit.

Matthew 13:25

But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came. The enemy planted weeds among the wheat and then went away.

Matthew 13:28

“ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The slaves asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’

Matthew 13:40

“The weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire. That is how it will be on judgment day.

Matthew 13:49

This is how it will be on judgment day. The angels will come. They will separate the people who did what is wrong from those who did what is right.

Matthew 24:3

Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives. There the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us,” they said. “When will this happen? And what will be the sign of your coming? What will be the sign of the end?”

Matthew 25:31

“The Son of Man will come in all his glory. All the angels will come with him. Then he will sit in glory on his throne.

Matthew 28:20

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”

1 Corinthians 10:11

Those things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us. That’s because we are living at the time when God’s work is being completed.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But Eve’s mind was tricked by the snake’s clever lies. And here’s what I’m afraid of. Your minds will also somehow be led astray. They will be led away from your true and pure love for Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:17

Unlike many people, we aren’t selling God’s word to make money. In fact, it is just the opposite. Because of Christ we speak honestly before God. We speak like people God has sent.

Ephesians 2:2

You used to live as sinners when you followed the ways of this world. You served the one who rules over the spiritual forces of evil. He is the spirit who is now at work in those who don’t obey God.

Hebrews 1:2

But in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one whom God appointed to receive all things. God also made everything through him.

Hebrews 9:26

If he had, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But he has appeared once and for all time. He has come at the time when God’s work is being completed. He has come to do away with sin by offering himself.

1 Peter 5:8

Be watchful and control yourselves. Your enemy the devil is like a roaring lion. He prowls around looking for someone to swallow up.

Jude 1:14

Enoch was the seventh man in the family line of Adam. He gave a prophecy about these people. He said, “Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels with him. The dragon is that old serpent called the devil, or Satan. He leads the whole world astray.

Revelation 13:14

The first beast had given the second beast the power to perform these signs. By these signs, the second beast tricked those who live on the earth. The second beast ordered people to set up a statue to honor the first beast. The first beast was the one who had been wounded by a sword and still lived.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast and the false prophet were captured. The false prophet had done signs for the beast. In this way the false prophet had tricked some people. Those people had received the mark of the beast and had worshiped its statue. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire. The lake of fire burns with sulfur.