Matthew 13:38
and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
37And having answered, he said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man,
Cross References
Psalms 22:30A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of LORD to the [next] generation.
Hosea 2:23And I will sow her to me in the earth. And I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy. And I will say to those who were not my people, Thou are my people, and they shall say, My God.
Matthew 13:19Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.
Matthew 28:18And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me.
Luke 24:47and to proclaim in his name repentance and remission of sins for all the nations, having begun from Jerusalem.
John 8:44Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:25-44
Parable of the Tares, the Mustard-Seed, the Leaven, &c.. 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 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? 28 He… Read the whole commentary →