Matthew 13:28

And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

In Context

27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

29But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

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Cross References

Luke 9:49And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us.

2 Corinthians 2:6Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

Jude 1:22And have pity on those who are in doubt;

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 →

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