Matthew 7:16

7:16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered ¹  from thorns or figs from thistles, are they? ² 

Matthew 13:29

13:29 But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

Matthew 13:40

13:40 As ³  the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

Matthew 13:28

13:28 He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So ⁴  the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’

Matthew 13:41

13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. ⁵ 

Matthew 13:48

13:48 When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

Matthew 13:30

13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At ⁶  harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then ⁷  gather ⁸  the wheat into my barn.”’”

[7:16]  ¹ tn Grk “They do not gather.” This has been simplified to the passive voice in the translation since the subject “they” is not specified further in the context.

[7:16]  ² sn The statement illustrates the principle: That which cannot produce fruit does not produce fruit.

[13:40]  ³ tn Grk “Therefore as.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

[13:28]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the owner’s statement.

[13:41]  ⁷ tn Grk “the ones who practice lawlessness.”

[13:30]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[13:30]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “but.”

[13:30]  ¹¹ tn Grk “burned, but gather.”