Matthew 13:25
and while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
In Context
26and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:20and she rises in the middle of the night, and takes my son from beside me—and your handmaid is asleep—and lays him in her bosom, and she has laid her dead son in my bosom;
Matthew 13:39and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil, and the harvest is [the] full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
Acts 20:30and there will arise men of your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Galatians 2:4and [that] because of the false brothers brought in unaware, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us under bondage,
Hebrews 12:15observing lest anyone be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;
2 Peter 2:1But there also came false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you, who will stealthily bring in destructive sects, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing quick destruction to themselves,
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 →