Matthew 13:38
36 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.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
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Compare
- BSB
- The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
- KJV
- The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
- WEB
- the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
- ASV
- and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil [one];
- DARBY
- and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one];
- BLB
- and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one;
- ÅB
- Åkeren er verden. Det gode såkornet er rikets barn; men ugresset er den ondes barn.
- OTB
- og åkeren er verden; det gode frøet står for rikets barn, og ugresset er den ondes barn.
- B1930
- Akeren er verden; den gode sæd, det er rikets barn; men ugresset er den ondes barn;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Read in contextActs 13:10
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Read in contextPhilippians 3:18–19
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Read in context1 John 3:8–10
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Read in context1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Read in contextGenesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Read in contextMatthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Read in contextJames 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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