Matthew 13:40

13:40 As the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

Matthew 13:43

13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!


tn Grk “Therefore as.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

sn An allusion to Dan 12:3.

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).