Matthew 13:42 - Exposition
And shall cast them into a ( the, Revised Version) furnace of fire: there shall be ( the , Revised Version) wailing and gnashing of teeth. Judging by the analogy of Matthew 13:50 , even the first clause is not necessarily due to the image of the tares. The furnace of fire was no unknown expression for the punishment of the wicked (cf. also Matthew 8:12 , note).
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