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Matthew 13:49

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

KJV

οὕτως ἔσται ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος· ἐξελεύσονται οἱ ἄγγελοι καὶ ἀφοριοῦσιν τοὺς πονηροὺς ἐκ μέσου τῶν δικαίων,

Greek NT

Sic erit in consummatione sæculi : exibunt angeli, et separabunt malos de medio justorum,

Vulgate

So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,

ASV

So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
δίκαιος
dikaios
adjective · 79×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέσος
mesos
adjective · 61×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
πονηρός
poneros
adjective · 77×
συντέλεια
sunteleia
noun · 6×
ἀφορίζω
aphorizo
verb · 10×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
o
article · 19778×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

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

1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
  • Amos 9:10 — All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
  • Gen 19:13 — For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
  • Heb 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
  • Luke 12:46 — The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
  • Matt 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
  • 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 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
  • Matt 13:41 — The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
  • Matt 16:27 — For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
  • Matt 22:12 — And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
  • Matt 24:3 — And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
  • Matt 24:31 — And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Matt 25:5 — While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
  • Matt 25:19 — After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
  • Matt 25:32 — And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Ps 1:5 — Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
  • Ps 37:38 — But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Rev 14:10 — The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
  • Rev 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte