Matthew 13:22
13:22 The 1 seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth 2 choke the word, 3 so it produces nothing.
Matthew 13:39-40
13:39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
13:40 As 4 the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
Matthew 13:49
13:49 It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”
3 sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.
4 tn Grk “Therefore as.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.