Isaiah 28:28
English Standard Version
28 Does one crush grain for bread?
No, he does not thresh it forever;[a]
when he drives his cart wheel over it
with his horses, he does not crush it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:28 Or Grain is crushed for bread; he will surely thresh it, but not forever
Isaiah 28:28
New International Version
28 Grain must be ground to make bread;
so one does not go on threshing it forever.
The wheels of a threshing cart(A) may be rolled over it,
but one does not use horses to grind grain.
1 Corinthians 9:9-10
English Standard Version
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, (A)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? 10 Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written (B)for our sake, because (C)the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
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1 Corinthians 9:9-10
New International Version
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[a](A) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?(B) 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(C) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(D)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4
1 Corinthians 3:9
English Standard Version
9 For we are (A)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (B)God's building.
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1 Corinthians 3:9
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John 12:24
English Standard Version
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
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John 12:24
New International Version
24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,(A) it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
Matthew 13:37-43
English Standard Version
37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed is (A)the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are (B)the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. (C)The harvest is (D)the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds (E)are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at (F)the end of the age. 41 (G)The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all (H)causes of sin and (I)all law-breakers, 42 (J)and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place (K)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then (L)the righteous will shine like the sun (M)in the kingdom of their Father. (N)He who has ears, let him hear.
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Matthew 13:37-43
New International Version
37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.(A) 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,(B) 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(C) is the end of the age,(D) and the harvesters are angels.(E)
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(F) will send out his angels,(G) 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.(H) 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun(I) in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.(J)
Matthew 3:12
English Standard Version
12 His (A)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and (B)gather his wheat into the barn, (C)but the chaff he will burn with (D)unquenchable fire.”
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Matthew 3:12
New International Version
12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(A)
Amos 9:9
English Standard Version
9 “For behold, I will command,
(A)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
Amos 9:9
New International Version
Isaiah 21:10
English Standard Version
10 O (A)my threshed and winnowed one,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.
Isaiah 21:10
New International Version
10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(A)
I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
from the God of Israel.
Luke 22:31-32
English Standard Version
Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, (A)Satan demanded to have you,[a] (B)that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but (C)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (D)strengthen your brothers.”
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- Luke 22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular
Luke 22:31-32
New International Version
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked(A) to sift all of you as wheat.(B) 32 But I have prayed for you,(C) Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(D)
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