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Matthew 13:39
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KJ21
The enemy that sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.
ASV
and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
AMP
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
AMPC
And the enemy who sowed it is the devil. The harvest is the close and consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels.
BRG
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
CSB
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
CSBA
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
CEB
The enemy who planted them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the present age. The harvesters are the angels.
CJB
The enemy who sows them is the Adversary, the harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
CEV
and the one who scattered them is the devil. The harvest is the end of time, and angels are the ones who bring in the harvest.
DARBY
and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is [the] completion of [the] age, and the harvestmen are angels.
DLNT
And the enemy having sown them is the devil. And the harvest is the conclusion of the age. And the harvesters are angels.
DRA
And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
ERV
And the enemy who planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest is the end of time. And the workers who gather are God’s angels.
EASY
The 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.
EHV
The enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world. The reapers are angels.
ESV
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
ESVUK
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
EXB
And the enemy who ·planted [sowed] the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the end of the age, and the ·workers who gather [harvesters; reapers] are God’s angels.
GNV
And the enemy that soweth them, is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers be the Angels.
GW
The enemy who planted them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. The workers are angels.
GNT
and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels.
HCSB
and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
ICB
And the enemy who planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the end of the age. And the workers who gather are God’s angels.
ISV
The enemy who sowed them is the Devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
PHILLIPS
“The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,” replied Jesus. “The field is the whole world. The good seed? That is the sons of the kingdom, while the weeds are the sons of the evil one. The blackguard who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of this world. The reapers are angels.
JUB
and the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
KJV
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
AKJV
the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
LSB
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
LEB
And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
TLB
The enemy who sowed the thistles among the wheat is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.
MSG
So he explained. “The farmer who sows the pure seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, the pure seeds are subjects of the kingdom, the thistles are subjects of the Devil, 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.
MEV
The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.
MOUNCE
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the harvesters are the angels.
NOG
The enemy who planted them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. The workers are angels.
NABRE
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
NASB
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
NASB1995
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
NCB
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are angels.
NCV
And the enemy who planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the end of the age, and the workers who gather are God’s angels.
NET
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
NIRV
The enemy who plants them is the devil. The harvest is judgment day. And the workers are angels.
NIV
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
NIVUK
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
NKJV
The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
NLV
The devil is the one who got in and planted the weeds. The time to gather is the end of the world. The men who gather are the angels.
NLT
The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.
NMB
the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.
NRSVA
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
NRSVACE
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
NRSVCE
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
NRSVUE
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
NTFE
the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
OJB
And the Oyev (the Enemy) sowing them is Hasatan. And the Katzir (Harvest), this is HaKetz HaOlam (the end of the age). And the kotzerim (reapers, harvesters) are malachim (angels).
RGT
“And the enemy who sows them is the devil. And the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
RSV
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
RSVCE
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
TLV
The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
VOICE
and the enemy who threw the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the workers are God’s heavenly messengers.
WEB
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
WE
The bad man who planted the weeds is the devil. The harvest time is the end of this world. The men who cut the harvest are angels.
WYC
the enemy that soweth them is the fiend [but the enemy that soweth them is the devil]; and the ripe corn is the ending of the world, [forsooth] the reapers be angels.
YLT
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
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