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Matthew 13:38-43 The Parable of the Sower

38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

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 will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Cross References for Matthew 13:38-43

John 8:44 - You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a ... Click to read the verse John 8:44 Click to read the verse John 8:44

Genesis 3:15 - And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will c... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:15 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:15

1 John 3:10 - This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone w... Click to read the verse 1 John 3:10 Click to read the verse 1 John 3:10

Acts 13:10 - “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kin... Click to read the verse Acts 13:10 Click to read the verse Acts 13:10

1 John 3:8 - He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginni... Click to read the verse 1 John 3:8 Click to read the verse 1 John 3:8

1 John 3:12 - Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murd... Click to read the verse 1 John 3:12 Click to read the verse 1 John 3:12

Ephesians 2:2 - in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the king... Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:2 Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:2

Romans 16:26 - but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal Go... Click to read the verse Romans 16:26 Click to read the verse Romans 16:26

Romans 8:17 - Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we s... Click to read the verse Romans 8:17 Click to read the verse Romans 8:17

Philippians 3:18-19 - For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of... Click to read the verse Philippians 3:18-19 Click to read the verse Philippians 3:18-19

James 1:18 - He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of ... Click to read the verse James 1:18 Click to read the verse James 1:18

Isaiah 53:10 - Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 53:10 Click to read the verse Isaiah 53:10

2 Thessalonians 2:8 - And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath o... Click to read the verse 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Click to read the verse 2 Thessalonians 2:8

1 John 3:2 - Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But ... Click to read the verse 1 John 3:2 Click to read the verse 1 John 3:2

1 Peter 1:23 - For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living a... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:23 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:23

Romans 10:18 - But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth,... Click to read the verse Romans 10:18 Click to read the verse Romans 10:18

James 2:5 - Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be ... Click to read the verse James 2:5 Click to read the verse James 2:5

Matthew 8:12 - But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be ... Click to read the verse Matthew 8:12 Click to read the verse Matthew 8:12

Isaiah 57:4 - Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of re... Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:4 Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:4

Hosea 2:23 - I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved ... Click to read the verse Hosea 2:23 Click to read the verse Hosea 2:23

Luke 24:47 - and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning a... Click to read the verse Luke 24:47 Click to read the verse Luke 24:47

Matthew 28:18-20 - Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Click to read the verse Matthew 28:18-20 Click to read the verse Matthew 28:18-20

John 12:24 - I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a ... Click to read the verse John 12:24 Click to read the verse John 12:24

Psalms 22:30 - Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. Click to read the verse Psalms 22:30 Click to read the verse Psalms 22:30

Matthew 24:14 - And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nation... Click to read the verse Matthew 24:14 Click to read the verse Matthew 24:14

Matthew 13:19 - When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes ... Click to read the verse Matthew 13:19 Click to read the verse Matthew 13:19

Matthew 25:1 - The Parable of the Ten Virgins “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who... Click to read the verse Matthew 25:1 Click to read the verse Matthew 25:1

Revelation 14:6 - The Three Angels Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to pr... Click to read the verse Revelation 14:6 Click to read the verse Revelation 14:6

Zechariah 10:8-9 - I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem them; they will be as numerous ... Click to read the verse Zechariah 10:8-9 Click to read the verse Zechariah 10:8-9

Colossians 1:6 - that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it h... Click to read the verse Colossians 1:6 Click to read the verse Colossians 1:6

Mark 16:15-20 - He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Click to read the verse Mark 16:15-20 Click to read the verse Mark 16:15-20

Matthew 5:37 - Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Click to read the verse Matthew 5:37 Click to read the verse Matthew 5:37

1 John 2:13 - I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, ... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:13 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:13

John 1:12-13 - Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become chi... Click to read the verse John 1:12-13 Click to read the verse John 1:12-13

1 John 3:8-10 - He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginni... Click to read the verse 1 John 3:8-10 Click to read the verse 1 John 3:8-10

Matthew 22:10 - So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both goo... Click to read the verse Matthew 22:10 Click to read the verse Matthew 22:10