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Matthew 13:36

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34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

37 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
KJV
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
WEB
Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
ASV
Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
DARBY
Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field.
BLB
Then, having dismissed the crowds, He went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
ÅB
Deretter lot han folket dra avsted, og gikk inn i huset. Og disiplene hans kom til ham og sa: «Tyd lignelsen om ugresset i åkeren for oss!»
OTB
Så forlot han folkemengdene og gikk inn i huset. Hans disipler kom til ham og sa: «Forklar oss lignelsen om ugresset i åkeren.»
B1930
Derefter lot han folket fare og gikk inn i huset. Og hans disipler gikk til ham og sa: Tyd oss lignelsen om ugresset i akeren!

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Cross references

  • Matthew 13:11

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

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  • John 16:17–20

    Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

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  • Matthew 13:1

    That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

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  • Mark 8:9

    And about four thousand men were present. As soon as Jesus had dismissed the crowd,

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  • Mark 6:45

    Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

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  • Mark 7:17

    After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

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  • Matthew 9:28

    After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.

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  • Matthew 15:15–16

    Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

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