Matthew 13:49

Matthew 13:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
• New International Version (NIV)This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous
• English Standard Version (ESV)So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,

Context of Matthew 13:49

47Jesus also said, ‘I can tell you again what the kingdom of heaven is like. Some men had nets to catch fish in. They threw their nets into the lake and they caught many different kinds of fish. 48When the net was full of fish, the men pulled it up onto the shore. Then they sat down. Some of the fish were good to eat, and they put these fish into baskets. Some of the fish were not good to eat, and they threw these fish away. This is what will happen when the world's time comes to an end. God will send his angels. They will put wicked people in one place. And they will put God's righteous people in a separate place. 50The angels will throw the wicked people into the great fire. There those people will weep and they will bite their teeth together.’ 51Then Jesus asked his disciples, ‘Have you understood all these things?’ They replied, ‘Yes, we have.’

Matthew 13:49 word by word

οὕτως ἔσται ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος· ἐξελεύσονται οἱ ἄγγελοι καὶ ἀφοριοῦσιν τοὺς πονηροὺς ἐκ μέσου τῶν δικαίωνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• shall it beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the endὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the endσυντέλειαsunteleia · consummationG4930
• of the worldαἰώνaiōn · an age: ageG165
• the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• shall come forthἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• severἀφορίζωaphorizō · to separateG873
• the wickedπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• amongμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• the justδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342

Cross-references for Matthew 13:49

• Matthew 13:39The Devil is the bad person who planted the weed seeds in the field. The time for harvest is like the end of time. God's angels are the workers who cut the plants down.
• Matthew 24:31People will hear the sound of a loud trumpet. The Son of Man will send out his angels. They will go in every direction. They will bring together all the people that God has chosen from every part of the earth and from every part of the sky.’
• Matthew 22:12The king said to the man, “How did you come in here, my friend? You are not wearing the right clothes for a marriage.” The man could not answer the king.
• Matthew 25:5The man who was marrying a wife did not come for a long time. So all the young women became tired, and they went to sleep.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7God will also do what is right and fair for you. You have troubles now. But one day God will cause you to have rest, together with us. That will happen when the Lord Jesus comes down from heaven. He will come with his powerful angels,
• Revelation 20:12I also saw the people who had died, important people and ordinary people. They were standing in front of the great throne. Then someone opened books to see what was in them. God had written in them all the things that the people had done. Then someone opened another book which is God's book of life. God judged the people who had died. He looked in the books to see what they had done, and he decided what was right.

Commentaries on Matthew 13:49

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47-50Verses 47-50 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net … - This parable does not differ in meaning from that of the tares. The gospel is compared to a net dragging along on the bottom of a lake, and collecting all - good and bad. The gospel may be expected to do the same; but in the end of the world, when the net “is drawn in,” the bad will be separated from the good; the one will be cast away, and the other saved. Our Saviour never fails to keep before…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 44-52Verses 44-52 Here are four parables. 1. That of the treasure hid in the field. Many slight the gospel, because they look only upon the surface of the field. But all who search the Scriptures, so as in them to find Christ and eternal life, Joh 5:39, will discover such treasure in this field as makes it unspeakably valuable; they make it their own upon any terms. Though nothing can be given as a price for this salvation, yet much must be given up for the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49The wicked are people who do not obey God's will revealed by Jesus. The righteous are those who obey God's will (see Matthew 5:21–48; 6:1, 33; 7:13–27; 12:33–37; 16:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4949. So shall it be at the end of the world, &c.--(See on Mt 13:42). We have said that each of these two parables holds forth the same truth under a slight diversity of aspect. What is that diversity? First, the bad, in the former parable, are represented as vile seed sown among the wheat by the enemy of souls; in the latter, as foul fish drawn forth out of the great sea of human beings by the Gospel net itself. Both are important truths--that the Gospel…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 13:49

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Heaven
• Hell
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Sermon
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• End of the World
• Angel
• Anon
• Choke
• Church
• Fishing, the art of
• Furnace
• Gather
• Harvest
• Householder

Commentaries on Matthew 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings