Matthew 13:30

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The field owner in the parable addresses the harvesters during a teaching on the kingdom’s present age, responding to a proposed premature weeding.

The words — ἄφετε (aphete) means “do allow,” and ἕως τοῦ θερισμοῦ (heōs tou therismou) translates literally as “until the harvest.”

The thread — The delayed separation of crops and the instruction to gather wheat into a barn appear in Matthew 3:12, while the directive to withhold judgment until a future revelation is stated in 1 Corinthians 4:5 and 1 Timothy 5:24.

Why it lands — The text commands patience in the present age while reserving final sorting for a future appointed time. A reader must accept delayed resolution rather than forcing immediate moral or spiritual assessment.

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The Greek words

King James Version

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Cross-references

Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
1 Timothy 5:24 The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
Malachi 3:18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Matthew 13:39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Matthew 25:32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Luke 3:17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 25:6 At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’