Matthew 13:40

40 Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

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 and the field is the world. And the good seed--these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.

39 And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

40 Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

41 The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,

42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts have "burned up"