Matthew 13:43 Cross References - Williams

⁴³ Then the upright will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears listen!

¹⁵ Let him who has ears listen!

³⁴ Then the King will say to those at His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

³⁶ when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'

²⁹ I tell you, I will never again drink the product of the vine till the day when I drink the new wine with you in my Father's kingdom."

³² Stop being afraid, my little flock, for your Father has gladly chosen to give you the kingdom.

²⁹ and as my Father has conferred on me a kingdom,

⁴¹ One kind of splendor belongs to the sun, another to the moon, and another to the stars; yes, one star differs from another in splendor. ⁴² It is just like this with the resurrection of the dead. ⁴³ The body is sown in decay, it is raised without decay; it is sown in humiliation, it is raised in splendor; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in strength; ⁴⁴ it is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is a spiritual body too. ⁴⁵ This is the way the Scripture puts it too, "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit. ⁴⁶ But it is not the spiritual that comes first; it is the physical, and then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man was made of the dust of the earth; the second Man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ Now those who are made of the dust are just like him who was first made of dust, and those who are heavenly are like Him who is from heaven, ⁴⁹ and as we have reflected the likeness of him who was made of dust, let us also reflect the likeness of the Man from heaven. ⁵⁰ But this I tell you, brothers: Our physical bodies cannot take part in the kingdom of God; what is decaying will never take part in what is immortal. ⁵¹ Let me tell you a secret. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised with bodies not subject to decay, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this decaying part of us must put on the body that can never decay, and this part once capable of dying must put on the body that can never die. ⁵⁴ And when this part once capable of dying puts on the body that can never die, then what the Scripture says will come true, "Death has been swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁸ So, my dear brothers, continue to be firm, incapable of being moved, always letting the cup run over in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the service of the Lord is never thrown away.

⁵ Listen, my dearly loved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

³ Then I heard a loud voice from the throne say: "See! God's dwelling place is with men, and He will live with them, ⁴ and He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no death any longer, no sorrow, no crying, no pain. The first order of things has passed away." ⁵ Then He who was seated on the throne said, "See! I am making everything new." He continued, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true."

²² I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty Himself and the Lamb Himself are its temple. ²³ The city does not need the sun or moon to shine in it, for the glory of God has lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp.