Matthew 13:49
New International Version
This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

New Living Translation
That is the way it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked people from the righteous,

English Standard Version
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous

Berean Standard Bible
So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,

Berean Literal Bible
Thus will it be in the consummation of the age: The angels will go out and will separate the evil from the midst of the righteous,

King James Bible
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

New King James Version
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,

New American Standard Bible
So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous,

NASB 1995
“So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,

NASB 1977
“So it will be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth, and take out the wicked from among the righteous,

Legacy Standard Bible
So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,

Amplified Bible
So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

Christian Standard Bible
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

American Standard Version
So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,

Contemporary English Version
That's how it will be at the end of time. Angels will come and separate the evil people from the ones who have done right.

English Revised Version
So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The same thing will happen at the end of time. The angels will go out and separate the evil people from people who have God's approval.

Good News Translation
It will be like this at the end of the age: the angels will go out and gather up the evil people from among the good

International Standard Version
That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

Majority Standard Bible
So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,

NET Bible
It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

New Heart English Bible
So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

Webster's Bible Translation
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

Weymouth New Testament
So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

World English Bible
So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
so will it be in the full end of the age, the messengers will come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

Berean Literal Bible
Thus will it be in the consummation of the age: The angels will go out and will separate the evil from the midst of the righteous,

Young's Literal Translation
so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

Smith's Literal Translation
So shall it be in the end of time; the messengers shall come forth, and separate the evil from the midst of the just,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.

Catholic Public Domain Version
So shall it be at the consummation of the age. The Angels shall go forth and separate the bad from the midst of the just.

New American Bible
Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous

New Revised Standard Version
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So will it be at the end of the world; the angels will go out and separate the bad from among the righteous,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Thus it will be in the end of the world. The Angels will go forth and they will separate the wicked from among the righteous.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
So shall it be in the end of the age: the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just,

Godbey New Testament
So it will be in the end of the age: the angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,

Haweis New Testament
Just so shall it be at the end of this world: the angels shall go forth, and shall separate the wicked from amidst the just,

Mace New Testament
so it shall be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and after they have separated the wicked from the just,

Weymouth New Testament
So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

Worrell New Testament
So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,

Worsley New Testament
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable of the Net
48When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away. 49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous, 50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.…

Cross References
Matthew 25:31-32
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / 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 24:30-31
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Revelation 14:14-19
And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. / Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.” / So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. ...

Revelation 20:11-15
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. / And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. ...

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, ...

2 Peter 3:7
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Daniel 12:1-2
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. / And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Joel 3:12-14
Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side. / Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great. / Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Ezekiel 34:17
This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

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 5:28-29
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Romans 2:5-8
But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. / God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” / To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. ...

1 Corinthians 15:23-24
But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him. / Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

Acts 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”


Treasury of Scripture

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

the angels.

Matthew 13:39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Matthew 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

and sever.

Matthew 22:12-14
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless…

Matthew 25:5-12,19-33
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept…

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, …

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Matthew 13
1. The parable of the sower and the seed;
18. the explanation of it.
24. The parable of the weeds;
31. of the mustard seed;
33. of the leaven;
36. explanation of the parable of the weeds.
44. The parable of the hidden treasure;
45. of the pearl;
47. of the drag net cast into the sea.
53. Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country.














So it will be at the end of the age
This phrase sets the eschatological context, referring to the culmination of history as understood in Christian theology. The Greek word for "age" is "aion," which can mean a period of time or eternity. In this context, it signifies the current world order that will be transformed at Christ's return. The "end of the age" is a recurring theme in the New Testament, emphasizing the final judgment and the establishment of God's kingdom. Historically, this reflects the Jewish apocalyptic expectation of a decisive divine intervention in history.

The angels will come forth
The role of angels as divine messengers and executors of God's will is well-documented in Scripture. The Greek word "angelos" means "messenger." In this context, angels are depicted as agents of God's judgment. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where angels are involved in separating the righteous from the wicked (e.g., Matthew 24:31). The presence of angels underscores the divine authority and orderliness of the final judgment.

and separate the wicked from the righteous
The act of separation is central to the theme of divine judgment. The Greek word for "separate" is "aphorizo," which means to set apart or divide. This separation is not arbitrary but based on moral and spiritual criteria. The "wicked" and the "righteous" are distinguished by their relationship with God and adherence to His commandments. This reflects the biblical principle that God is just and will reward or punish individuals according to their deeds. The imagery of separation is reminiscent of the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31-46), where the righteous inherit eternal life and the wicked face eternal punishment.

Verse 49. - So shall it be at (in, Revised Version) the end of the world (cf. vers. 39, 40, notes): the angels shall come forth (ver. 41), and sever. Taking them completely away (ἀφοριοῦσιν). The wicked (τοὺς πονηρούς); Matthew 7:18 and Matthew 6:13, notes. As compared with σαπρός (ver. 48), it refers more directly to the moral character. Our Lord has here left the imagery of the parable. From among the just; the righteous (Revised Version); ver. 43, note.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
Οὕτως (Houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

will it be
ἔσται (estai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

at
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

end
συντελείᾳ (synteleia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4930: A completion, consummation, end. From sunteleo; entire completion, i.e. Consummation.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

age:
αἰῶνος (aiōnos)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 165: From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.

The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

angels
ἄγγελοι (angeloi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.

will come
ἐξελεύσονται (exeleusontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

separate
ἀφοριοῦσιν (aphoriousin)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 873: To rail off, separate, place apart. From apo and horizo; to set off by boundary, i.e. limit, exclude, appoint, etc.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

wicked
πονηροὺς (ponērous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

righteous,
δικαίων (dikaiōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 1342: From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy.


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