Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 13:39

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 13:39 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 13:39. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, the devil is like a bad guy who plants weeds in a garden, and at the end of the world, angels will come like farmers to separate the good plants from the bad ones. It's a way of showing that God will make things right in the end.

Matthew 13:39: The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Contradiction with John 3:17

Contradicts the role of the angels as reapers in judgment as it emphasizes salvation over judgment through Jesus.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:4

Contradicts the idea of separating the wicked for destruction by stating that God desires all people to be saved.

1 Timothy 2:4: Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

Contradicts the immediacy of judgment by emphasizing God's patience and desire for all to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Contradiction with 1 John 4:8

Bears contradiction by emphasizing God's nature as love, which seems at odds with the destruction of the wicked.

1 John 4:8: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 33:11

Contradicts by expressing that God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, suggesting a preference for repentance over destruction.

Ezekiel 33:11: Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Contradiction with Romans 5:8

Contradicts the theme of judgment with the message of Christ's sacrificial love even for the wicked.

Romans 5:8: But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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