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.

⁹ For we are ^(A)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, ^(B)God's building.

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.

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.

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.”

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.”