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15 Then another angel came from the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe.”

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15 Then another angel came out of the temple(A) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(B) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(C) of the earth is ripe.”

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13 Swing the sickle,
    for the harvest is ripe.[a]
Come, tread the grapes,
    for the winepress is full.
The storage vats are overflowing
    with the wickedness of these people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13 Greek version reads for the harvest time has come. Compare Mark 4:29.

13 Swing the sickle,(A)
    for the harvest(B) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(C)
    for the winepress(D) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

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39 The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world,[a] and the harvesters are the angels.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:39 Or the age; also in 13:40, 49.

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(A) is the end of the age,(B) and the harvesters are angels.(C)

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33 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    the God of Israel, says:
“Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor,
    about to be trampled.
In just a little while
    her harvest will begin.”

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33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Daughter Babylon(A) is like a threshing floor(B)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest(C) her will soon come.(D)

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18 Then another angel, who had power to destroy with fire, came from the altar. He shouted to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are ripe for judgment.”

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18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar(A) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle(B) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”

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29 And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”

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29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”(A)

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30 Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”

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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)

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17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. And a mighty shout came from the throne in the Temple, saying, “It is finished!”

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17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,(A) and out of the temple(B) came a loud voice(C) from the throne, saying, “It is done!”(D)

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16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.

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16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully

32 Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started.

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32 Go ahead, then, and complete(A) what your ancestors started!(B)

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The seven angels who were holding the seven plagues came out of the Temple. They were clothed in spotless white linen[a] with gold sashes across their chests.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:6 Other manuscripts read white stone; still others read white [garments] made of linen.

Out of the temple(A) came the seven angels with the seven plagues.(B) They were dressed in clean, shining linen(C) and wore golden sashes around their chests.(D)

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The Harvest of the Earth

14 Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man.[a] He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:14 Or like a son of man. See Dan 7:13. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,(A) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[a](B) with a crown(C) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:14 See Daniel 7:13.

10 They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”

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10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(A) Sovereign Lord,(B) holy and true,(C) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(D) and avenge our blood?”(E)

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