Matthew 13:40

40 "The picture of thistles pulled up and burned is a scene from the final act.

Matthew 13:40 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 13:40

As therefore the tares are gathered
As it is represented in the parable, that in the time of harvest, the tares shall be gathered out from the wheat first; and being bound in bundles, shall be

burnt in the fire,
prepared for that purpose,

so shall it be in the end of this world;
hypocritical and heretical men, and all formal professors, shall be gathered out from among the saints, and the several churches, among whom they have been; and shall be together cast into everlasting burnings, prepared for the devil and his angels, whose children they are.

Matthew 13:40 In-Context

38 The field is the world, the pure seeds are subjects of the kingdom, the thistles are subjects of the Devil,

39 and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, the curtain of history. The harvest hands are angels.

40 "The picture of thistles pulled up and burned is a scene from the final act.

41 The Son of Man will send his angels, weed out the thistles from his kingdom,

42 pitch them in the trash, and be done with them. They are going to complain to high heaven, but nobody is going to listen.