Discovery BoxMatthew 13:41-43 
Context13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. 1 13:42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, 2 where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 3 The one who has ears had better listen! 4
1 tn Grk “the ones who practice lawlessness.”
2 sn A quotation from Dan 3:6.
4 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).
