and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- BSB and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- NKJV and 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 throwing the wicked 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 fiery furnace with weeping and gnashing of teeth. The destiny of the unrepentant is one of terrible loss.
Overview
Repeating the imagery from the parable of the weeds, Jesus describes the wicked being thrown into the furnace of fire amid weeping and gnashing of teeth. The repetition stresses the seriousness and certainty of judgment. Faithful Christians have read these images with differing emphases, yet all agree they warn of a dreadful end apart from Christ and urge repentance now.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Matt 13:42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
- Luke 13:27–28He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
- Rev 14:10–11he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
- Matt 8:12but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Rev 16:10–11The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,
- Matt 24:50–51the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
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