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41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.[a] 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace,[b] where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.[c] The one who has ears had better listen![d]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:41 tn Grk “the ones who practice lawlessness.”
  2. Matthew 13:42 sn A quotation from Dan 3:6.
  3. Matthew 13:43 sn An allusion to Dan 12:3.
  4. Matthew 13:43 tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8; 14:35).

41 The Son of Man(A) will send out his angels,(B) and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(C) 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun(D) in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.(E)

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