The Meaning of Matthew 13:50 Explained

Matthew 13:50

KJV: And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

YLT: and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

Darby: and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

ASV: and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  shall cast  them  into  the furnace  of fire:  there  shall be  wailing  and  gnashing  of teeth. 

What does Matthew 13:50 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 13:44-50 - Securing Treasure Rejecting The Bad
The parables of treasure and pearl are a pair. They describe the various ways we come to know God's truth. Some happen on it suddenly. They are pursuing the ordinary vocations of life when suddenly the ploughshare rings against a box of buried treasure. The husbandman is suddenly rich beyond his dreams.
But in other cases religion is the result of diligent search. Man cannot be happy without God. He goes from philosophy to philosophy, from system to system, turning over the pearls on the dealer's trays; but suddenly his listlessness is transformed to eagerness as he discovers the Christ. Here is the pearl of great price. He has sought and found, and is prepared to renounce all. See Philippians 3:7. Is there not, too, a deep sense in which Jesus has renounced all, that He might purchase for Himself the Church, His bride? He is the merchant, and we the pearl, though only in His eyes-the eyes of love-could we be held worthy of all that He surrendered to win us! [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 13

1  The parable of the sower and the seed;
18  the explanation of it
24  The parable of the weeds;
31  of the mustard seed;
33  of the leaven;
36  explanation of the parable of the weeds
44  The parable of the hidden treasure;
45  of the pearl;
47  of the drag net cast into the sea
53  Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country

What do the individual words in Matthew 13:50 mean?

and will cast them into the furnace of the fire There will be the weeping gnashing of the teeth
καὶ βαλοῦσιν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρός ἐκεῖ ἔσται κλαυθμὸς βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων

βαλοῦσιν  will  cast 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: βάλλω 
Sense: to throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls.
εἰς  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: εἰς  
Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among.
κάμινον  furnace 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: κάμινος  
Sense: a furnace.
τοῦ  of  the 
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
πυρός  fire 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular
Root: πῦρ  
Sense: fire.
ἔσται  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
κλαυθμὸς  weeping 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: κλαυθμός  
Sense: weeping, lamentation.
βρυγμὸς  gnashing 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: βρυγμός  
Sense: a gnashing of teeth.
τῶν  of  the 
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ὀδόντων  teeth 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural
Root: ὀδούς  
Sense: a tooth.