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Matthew 13:49

What does Matthew 13:49 mean?

A plain-English look at Matthew 13:49 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Matthew 13:49 means

Jesus makes the eschatological application: at the end of the world angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous. This statement reiterates previous parable conclusions: final separation is God’s action carried out by angels. It emphasizes the certainty and solemnity of future judgment, reiterating that the church’s present mixture will end in a decisive sorting. The verse serves as a sober reminder to live under the reality of an impending divine reckoning.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thus shall it be in the completion of the age: the angels shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just,

Context

Following the net’s sorting imagery, this verse explicitly ties the parable to the eschaton. It mirrors the tares parable’s final separation to underline the recurring theme of patient inclusion now and divine judgment later.

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v.50and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which isthe bookof life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  • Matthew 25:19

    Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7

    and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

  • Matthew 24:31

    And he shall send forth 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.

  • Matthew 22:12

    and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.

  • Matthew 25:5

    Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

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