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Matthew 13:50

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and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:50 · Berean Standard Bible
What It Means

Matthew 13:50, in plain English

The wicked will be thrown into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Jesus repeats this warning because it matters.

Why it's here

Jesus says it twice because He wants you to take it seriously. He does not enjoy warning about judgment -- He does it because He loves you enough to be honest.

Who's speaking

Jesus repeats the warning.

Where it sits in the story

Jesus repeats this warning not to frighten but to love. He cares too much to let anyone sleepwalk into judgment without hearing the truth.

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

The wicked will be thrown into the 'fiery furnace' (kaminon tou pyros) with 'weeping and gnashing of teeth,' repeating the judgment language of verse 42 and reinforcing the gravity of final separation.

Language and setting

The repetition of this judgment formula within the same discourse creates an emphatic double warning, underscoring the certainty and severity of eschatological punishment.

Voice

Jesus reiterates the fate of the wicked.

Significance

Jesus repeats the fiery furnace imagery from the weeds parable, emphasizing through repetition the certainty and severity of the judgment that awaits those who reject God's kingdom.

In context

Matthew 13:48–52

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.

51Have you understood all these things?”

52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Read all of Matthew 13 — A farmer scatters seed, a woman hides yeast, a merchant finds a pearl. Jesus teaches in parables — and not everyone is meant to understand.

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