And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Parallel translations
- WEB and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
- BSB And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- NKJV and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- NASB and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- NLT And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Quick answer
The wicked are cast into the furnace of fire, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. Final judgment involves real and grievous loss for the unrepentant.
Overview
Jesus pictures the destiny of the wicked as a fiery furnace marked by weeping and gnashing of teeth, vivid imagery for the anguish of judgment. While faithful Christians have understood the precise nature of these images variously, all affirm a genuine and dreadful separation from God. The warning is meant to stir sober reflection and turn hearers to Christ for refuge.
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- Matt 13:50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Luke 16:23–24And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- Rev 20:14–15And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
- Rev 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
- Matt 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Rev 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- Ps 21:9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Mark 9:43–49And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Rev 14:10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
- Dan 3:6And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- Matt 22:13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matt 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Dan 3:15–17Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Rev 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Dan 3:21–22Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- Luke 13:28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
- Matt 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- Rev 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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