The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,
- KJV The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
- NKJV The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,
- NASB The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
- NLT The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
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Quick answer
The Son of Man will send His angels to remove all causes of sin and evildoers from His Kingdom. Christ reigns as the Judge who purges His realm of all evil.
Overview
Jesus describes the future cleansing of His Kingdom, in which He commands angels to gather out everything that causes stumbling and all who practice lawlessness. Notably He speaks of His own Kingdom and His own angels, asserting divine authority. The verse assures believers that Christ will one day remove every trace of sin and rebellion from His reign.
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Cross-references · 16
- Matt 24:31And 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.
- Matt 18:7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
- Rev 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- 2 Pet 2:1–2Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- Rom 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- Heb 1:6–7And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
- Matt 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
- Rom 2:8–9But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- Rev 5:11–12Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Heb 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Luke 13:26–27Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
- Matt 7:22–23Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
- Rom 16:17–18Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
- Zeph 1:3“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Mark 13:27And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- Matt 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
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