Matthew 13:25-30
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25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”(A)
Matthew 13:36-43
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The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable(A) of the weeds in the field.”
37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.(B) 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,(C) 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(D) is the end of the age,(E) and the harvesters are angels.(F)
40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man(G) will send out his angels,(H) and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(I) 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun(J) in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.(K)
Matthew 13:49
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49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous(A)
2 Peter 3:10-12
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(E) to the day of God and speed its coming.[b](F) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(G)
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
- 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come
Luke 17:29-30
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29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(A)
Psalm 37:9
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Psalm 37:34
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Psalm 144:5-7
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5 Part your heavens,(A) Lord, and come down;(B)
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(C)
6 Send forth lightning(D) and scatter(E) the enemy;
shoot your arrows(F) and rout them.
7 Reach down your hand from on high;(G)
deliver me and rescue me(H)
from the mighty waters,(I)
from the hands of foreigners(J)
Psalm 97:3-6
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3 Fire(A) goes before(B) him
and consumes(C) his foes on every side.
4 His lightning(D) lights up the world;
the earth(E) sees and trembles.(F)
5 The mountains melt(G) like wax(H) before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.(I)
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,(J)
and all peoples see his glory.(K)
Isaiah 40:3-4
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
Isaiah 64:1-3
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64 [a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens(A) and come down,(B)
that the mountains(C) would tremble before you!
2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(D) known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake(E) before you!
3 For when you did awesome(F) things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled(G) before you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.
Zephaniah 1:9-18
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9 On that day I will punish
all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[a](A)
who fill the temple of their gods
with violence and deceit.(B)
10 “On that day,(C)”
declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,(D)
wailing(E) from the New Quarter,
and a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail,(F) you who live in the market district[b];
all your merchants will be wiped out,
all who trade with[c] silver will be destroyed.(G)
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish those who are complacent,(H)
who are like wine left on its dregs,(I)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,(J)
either good or bad.’(K)
13 Their wealth will be plundered,(L)
their houses demolished.
Though they build houses,
they will not live in them;
though they plant vineyards,
they will not drink the wine.”(M)
14 The great day of the Lord(N) is near(O)—
near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
15 That day will be a day of wrath—
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of trouble and ruin,
a day of darkness(P) and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness(Q)—
16 a day of trumpet and battle cry(R)
against the fortified cities
and against the corner towers.(S)
17 “I will bring such distress(T) on all people
that they will grope about like those who are blind,(U)
because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out(V) like dust
and their entrails like dung.(W)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”(X)
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or the Mortar
- Zephaniah 1:11 Or in
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