Matthew 13:30 Cross References

Matthew 13:30

30: Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds and burn them and to put the wheat in the barn.'"

He is ready to separate the chaff from the grain with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, storing the grain in his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."

So be careful not to jump to conclusions before the Lord returns as to whether or not someone is faithful. When the Lord comes, he will bring our deepest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. And then God will give to everyone whatever praise is due.

Remember that some people lead sinful lives, and everyone knows they will be judged. But there are others whose sin will not be revealed until later.

Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."
The LORD Almighty says, "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw on that day. They will be consumed like a tree--roots and all.

"Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, 'Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his demons!

He is ready to separate the chaff from the grain with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, storing the grain in his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."

All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.
"Just as the weeds are separated out and burned, so it will be at the end of the world.
I, the Son of Man, will send my angels, and they will remove from my Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil,
and they will throw them into the furnace and burn them. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Then the godly will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand!

"So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.
But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn't wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.
'Friend,' he asked, 'how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?' And the man had no reply.
Then the king said to his aides, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
For many are called, but few are chosen."

No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.
Vine branches are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
"And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have set them aside to be burned!
And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When this happens, you will know that I am the LORD.

"Even when you are chased by those who seek your life, you are safe in the care of the LORD your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!

At midnight they were roused by the shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and welcome him!'
"All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps.
Then the five foolish ones asked the others, 'Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.'
But the others replied, 'We don't have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.'
"But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.

Israel's fortified cities will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets covered with grass. Cattle will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches.
The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.

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