Mat 3:12 | TNotes | STEP | 3:12 Farmers would use a winnowing fork to toss harvested grain into the air, allowing the useless husks ( chaff ) to blow away. The Messiah’s ministry divides all humanity into two groups: (1) the wheat , that is, those who respond, forming the new people of God; and (2) the chaff, the unrepentant (see 3:8 ).

‏ Matthew 3:12

3:12 ^a Farmers would use a winnowing fork to toss harvested grain into the air, allowing the useless husks (chaff) to blow away. The Messiah’s ministry divides all humanity into two groups: (1) the wheat, that is, those who respond, forming the new people of God; and (2) the chaff, the unrepentant (see 3:8 ^b).