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Matthew 13:42
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to His disciples immediately after explaining the parable of the weeds, describing the angelic execution of end-time judgment.
The words — βαλοῦσιν (balousin) means they will cast, and κάμινον (kaminon) denotes a furnace, specifying the violent removal into a place of fire.
The thread — The text records this removal in Matthew 13:50, Matthew 8:12, and Luke 16:23.
Why it lands — The text states that the lawless will be cast into a fiery furnace accompanied by weeping and gnashing of teeth, demanding a sober recognition of the final separation between the righteous and the rejected.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Cross-references
- Matthew 13:50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Luke 16:23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- Revelation 20:10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- Revelation 20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- Revelation 19:20 But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Psalms 21:9 You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- Daniel 3:6 And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
- Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
- Revelation 14:10 he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.