Matthew 13:27
25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
26 When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
28 ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
- KJV
- So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
- WEB
- The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’
- ASV
- And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?
- DARBY
- And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?
- BLB
- And having come, the servants of the master of the house said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where, then, does it have weeds?’
- ÅB
- Da kom husherrens tjenere til ham og sa: ‘Herre! sådde du ikke godt såkorn i åkeren? Hvor kommer så dette ugresset fra?’
- OTB
- Tjenerne til jordeieren kom og sa til ham: ‘Herre, sådde du ikke godt frø i åkeren din? Hvorfor har den da ugress?’
- B1930
- Da gikk husbondens tjenere til ham og sa: Herre! sådde du ikke god sæd i din aker? hvorfra kommer det da ugress i den?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 16:17
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:18–20
All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:28–29
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:4
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:10
If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.
Read in contextJames 3:15–16
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
Read in contextGalatians 3:1–3
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
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