KJV ORIGINAL
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
He's got his winnowing tool ready and he's going to clean house completely — gathering all the good grain safely into his barn, but burning up the useless chaff with a fire that never goes out.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
There's coming a day when what's real gets saved and what's fake gets cleared out for good.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Luke was traditionally written by Luke, a companion of Paul, for a patron named Theophilus and a broader Gentile audience, likely in the 70s or 80s CE. It aimed to provide an orderly and reliable account of Jesus' life and teachings, drawing on various sources, to affirm the instruction its readers had received.
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