Matthew 13:38

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

In Context

37And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

39And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:30\22:29\All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

Hosea 2:23And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

Matthew 13:19When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

Matthew 28:18And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Luke 24:47And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.

John 8:44You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

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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