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Matthew 13:40

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

KJV

ὥσπερ οὖν συλλέγεται τὰ ζιζάνια καὶ πυρὶ κατακαίεται, οὕτως ἔσται ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος·

Greek NT

Sicut ergo colliguntur zizania, et igni comburuntur : sic erit in consummatione sæculi.

Vulgate

As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.

ASV

Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be at the end of the world.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

Symbols Tares

In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζιζάνιον
zizanion
noun · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατακαίω
katakaio
verb · 13×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πῦρ
pur
noun · 71×
συλλέγω
sullego
verb · 8×
συντέλεια
sunteleia
noun · 6×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὥσπερ
osper
adverb · 36×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: καίεται | Treg/RP: καίεται | WH/NIV: κατακαίεται
  • καίεταιSBLGNT
  • καίεταιTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
  • κατακαίεταιWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αἰῶνος | WH/Treg/NIV: αἰῶνος | RP: + τούτου
  • αἰῶνοςSBLGNT
  • αἰῶνοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τούτουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

One and the same God the Father inflicts punishment on the reprobate, and bestows rewards on the elect. 1. It is therefore one and the same God the Father who has prepared good things with Himself for those who desire His fellowship, and who remain in subjection to Him; and who has the eternal fire for the ringleader of the apostasy, the devil, and those who revolted with him, …
Chapter 9.—What the Reign of the Saints with Christ for a Thousand Years Is, and How It Differs from the Eternal Kingdom. But while the devil is bound, the saints reign with Christ during the same thousand years, understood in the same way, that is, of the time of His first coming.13541354 Between His first and second coming. For, leaving out of account that kingdom concerning …

Cross-references

  • Mark 4:29 — But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
  • Matt 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
  • Matt 13:48 — Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
  • Matt 15:13 — But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
  • Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: