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told them another parable: &#8220The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/nlt/matthew/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. <a href="/esv/matthew/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, <a href="/bsb/matthew/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/blb/matthew/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man having sown good seed in his field. <a href="/kjv/matthew/13.htm">King James Bible</a> Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: <a href="/nkjv/matthew/13.htm">New King James Version</a> Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; <a href="/nasb_/matthew/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/nasb/matthew/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, &#8220The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/lsb/matthew/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/amp/matthew/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Jesus gave them another parable [to consider], saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/csb/matthew/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He presented another parable to them: &#8220The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/asv/matthew/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: <a href="/cev/matthew/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus then told them this story: The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a farmer scattered good seed in a field. <a href="/erv/matthew/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: <a href="/gwt/matthew/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jesus used another illustration. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who planted good seed in his field. <a href="/gnt/matthew/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/isv/matthew/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> He presented another parable to them: "The kingdom from heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/msb/matthew/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/net/matthew/13.htm">NET Bible</a> He presented them with another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/nheb/matthew/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He set another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field, <a href="/wbt/matthew/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field: <a href="/wey/matthew/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown good seed in his field, <a href="/web/matthew/13.htm">World English Bible</a> He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Another allegory He set before them, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field, <a href="/blb/matthew/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man having sown good seed in his field. <a href="/ylt/matthew/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field, <a href="/slt/matthew/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> He proposed another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/nabre/matthew/13.htm">New American Bible</a> He proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He related another parable to them, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> He told them another parable and he said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to the man who sowed good seed in his field.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. <a href="/godbey/matthew/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> He put forth another parable to them, saying, <FR>The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man sowing good seed in his field.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Another parable proposed he to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good seed in his field: <a href="/mace/matthew/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Another parable he propos'd to them in these words, the state of the gospel in this world may be compar'd to a man who sowed good grain in his field: <a href="/wey/matthew/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown good seed in his field, <a href="/worrell/matthew/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Another parable He set before them, saying, <FR>"The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field;<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Another parable propounded He unto them, saying, <FR>The kingdom of heaven is like a man, who sowed good grain in his ground:<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/13-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=3653" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/13.htm">The Parable of the Weeds</a> 23But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.” 24<a href="/greek/3908.htm" title="3908: parethēken (V-AIA-3S) -- From para and tithemi; to place alongside, i.e. Present; by implication, to deposit.">Jesus put before</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them</a> <a href="/greek/243.htm" title="243: Allēn (Adj-AFS) -- Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; else, i.e. Different.">another</a> <a href="/greek/3850.htm" title="3850: parabolēn (N-AFS) -- From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.">parable:</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">“The</a> <a href="/greek/932.htm" title="932: basileia (N-NFS) -- From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm.">kingdom</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranōn (N-GMP) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven</a> <a href="/greek/3666.htm" title="3666: Hōmoiōthē (V-AIP-3S) -- To make like, liken; I compare. From homoios; to assimilate, i.e. Compare; passively, to become similar.">is like</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpō (N-DMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">a man</a> <a href="/greek/4687.htm" title="4687: speiranti (V-APA-DMS) -- To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.">who sowed</a> <a href="/greek/2570.htm" title="2570: kalon (Adj-ANS) -- Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.">good</a> <a href="/greek/4690.htm" title="4690: sperma (N-ANS) -- From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant.">seed</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/68.htm" title="68: agrō (N-DMS) -- From ago; a field; genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. Hamlet.">field.</a> 25But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/13-37.htm">Matthew 13:37-43</a> He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. / The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, / and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. ... <a href="/matthew/13-47.htm">Matthew 13:47-50</a> Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish. / When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away. / So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous ... <a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a> “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ... <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a> For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. / To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey. / The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more. ... <a href="/mark/4-26.htm">Mark 4:26-29</a> Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. / Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. / All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within. ... <a href="/luke/8-11.htm">Luke 8:11-15</a> Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. / The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. / The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away. ... <a href="/luke/19-11.htm">Luke 19:11-27</a> While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently. / So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return. / Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said. ... <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-8</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-9</a> I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. / He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. ... <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a> Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. / Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. <a href="/james/3-18.htm">James 3:18</a> Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. <a href="/revelation/14-14.htm">Revelation 14:14-20</a> And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. / Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.” / So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. ... <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a> Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a> As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man which sowed good seed in his field:put.<a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33</a> Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:<a href="/judges/14-12.htm">Judges 14:12,13</a> And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: … <a href="/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10,13</a> For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: … The kingdom.<a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Matthew 13:33,44,45,47</a> Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened… <a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a> And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.<a href="/matthew/20-1.htm">Matthew 20:1</a> For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.good.<a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Matthew 13:19,37</a> 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… <a href="/matthew/4-23.htm">Matthew 4:23</a> And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.<a href="/colossians/1-5.htm">Colossians 1:5</a> For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Compared</a> <a href="/matthew/9-38.htm">Field</a> <a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Good</a> <a href="/matthew/13-11.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/matthew/13-11.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/matthew/13-11.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Likened</a> <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">Parable</a> <a href="/matthew/12-4.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/esther/2-2.htm">Proposed</a> <a href="/matthew/13-11.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">Simile</a> <a href="/matthew/13-4.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/matthew/13-4.htm">Sowing</a> <a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">Story</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/18-23.htm">Compared</a> <a href="/matthew/13-27.htm">Field</a> <a href="/matthew/13-26.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/matthew/13-27.htm">Good</a> <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/matthew/13-34.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/matthew/18-23.htm">Likened</a> <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Parable</a> <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Proposed</a> <a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/matthew/13-25.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Simile</a> <a href="/matthew/13-25.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/matthew/13-37.htm">Sowing</a> <a href="/matthew/13-36.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Story</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 13</div>1. <a href="/matthew/13-1.htm">The parable of the sower and the seed;</a> 18. <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">the explanation of it.</a> 24. <a href="/matthew/13-24.htm">The parable of the weeds;</a> 31. <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">of the mustard seed;</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">of the leaven;</a> 36. <a href="/matthew/13-36.htm">explanation of the parable of the weeds.</a> 44. <a href="/matthew/13-44.htm">The parable of the hidden treasure;</a> 45. <a href="/matthew/13-45.htm">of the pearl;</a> 47. <a href="/matthew/13-47.htm">of the drag net cast into the sea.</a> 53. <a href="/matthew/13-53.htm">Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/matthew/13.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Jesus put before them another parable The phrase "Jesus put before them" indicates a deliberate act of teaching. The Greek word for "put before" is "παρατίθημι" (paratithēmi), which means to set before or present. This suggests that Jesus is intentionally offering a lesson for contemplation. The use of "another parable" signifies that this is part of a series of teachings, emphasizing the importance of parables in conveying spiritual truths. Parables were a common teaching method in Jewish tradition, using everyday scenarios to illustrate deeper moral and spiritual lessons.The kingdom of heaven is like This phrase introduces a simile, a common literary device used by Jesus to describe the nature of God's kingdom. The "kingdom of heaven" is a central theme in Matthew's Gospel, referring to God's sovereign rule and the realm where His will is fulfilled. The Greek word for "kingdom" is "βασιλεία" (basileia), which implies not just a physical domain but the reign and authority of God. By saying "is like," Jesus invites listeners to explore the characteristics of the kingdom through the account that follows, encouraging them to seek understanding beyond the literal.a man who sowed good seed in his field The "man" in this parable represents Jesus Himself or God, the sower of truth and righteousness. The act of sowing "good seed" symbolizes the spreading of the Gospel and the planting of divine truth in the world. The Greek word for "sowed" is "σπείρω" (speirō), which conveys the idea of scattering seed with the expectation of growth and harvest. The "good seed" represents the Word of God, pure and uncorrupted, intended to produce a fruitful yield. The "field" is the world, as later explained in the parable, where the seeds of the kingdom are planted. This imagery draws from agricultural practices familiar to Jesus' audience, grounding the spiritual lesson in everyday life.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) Another parable.--The explanation of the parable of the Sower had been given apparently in the boat in which our Lord sat with His disciples. Then, again addressing Himself to the multitude on the shore, He spake the parables of the Tares, the Mustard Seed, and the Leaven; then, dismissing the multitude (<a href="/matthew/13-36.htm" title="Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field.">Matthew 13:36</a>), He landed with His disciples, and went into the house which was for a time their home.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 24-30 - The parable of the tares. Matthew only. The parable of the sower dealt with the first reception of the gospel; this deals with the after-development. The aim of this parable is to prevent over-sanguine expectations as to the purity of the society of believers, and to hinder rash attempts to purify it by merely external processes. Archbishop Benson ('Dict. of Christian Biogr.,' 1:745) calls attention to the fact that the first extant exposition of this parable is in Cyprian's successful appeal to the Novatianists not to separate from the Church (Ep. 54.). The aim of the somewhat similar parable in <a href="/mark/4-26.htm">Mark 4:26-29</a> is to show the slowness and gradualness of the growth of the kingdom of heaven, and also the certainty of its consummation. So many words and phrases in the two parables are identical, that the possibility of one being derived from the other, either by omission or addition, must be acknowledged, but the definiteness of the aim in each points rather to their being originally two distinct parables. The divisions of the parable are - (1) The fact of tares being present as well as good seed, and its cause (vers. 24-28a). (2) Although there is the natural desire to gather out the tares at once, yet, on account of the impossibility of doing so without destroying some of the good seed, this must not be attempted. At the proper time full separation shall be made by the proper agents (vers. 28b-30). Verse 24. - Another parable put he forth unto them; set he before them (Revised Version, παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς); so also ver. 31. (cf. also <a href="/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7</a>; <a href="/acts/17-3.htm">Acts 17:3</a>). Elsewhere it is often used of setting food before any one; e.g. <a href="/mark/6-41.htm">Mark 6:41</a>; <a href="/mark/8-6.htm">Mark 8:6</a>; <a href="/luke/11-6.htm">Luke 11:6</a>; <a href="/acts/16-34.htm">Acts 16:34</a>. Them. The people (vers. 3, 10, 34). Saying, The kingdom of heaven. The principles of its establishment and full development. Is likened unto (ὡμοιώθη). The aorist regards the moment in our Lord's mind in which he made the comparison. Observe that the verb is transitional; in ver. 3 our Lord began his parable without any introduction, so that he might attract attention; here he says that he gives an illustration of the kingdom of heaven; but in the later parables of this discourse (vers. 31, 33, 44, 45, 47; cf. 52) he is able merely to say that the kingdom of heaven is, in its principles, etc., absolutely like (ὁμοῖα ἐστίν). A man which sowed. Explained as "the Son of man" in ver. 37. Good seed; "the sons of the kingdom" (ver. 38); i.e. the seed represents, not good or bad doctrine as such, but persons. In his field; "the world" (ver. 37). Not exactly the Church, i.e. the Church upon earth, but the world so far as it is the sphere of the Church's missionary activity, even the physical world so far as it becomes the scene of Divine sowing of the gospel. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/13-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[Jesus] presented παρέθηκεν (parethēken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3908.htm">Strong's 3908: </a> From para and tithemi; to place alongside, i.e. Present; by implication, to deposit. another Ἄλλην (Allēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_243.htm">Strong's 243: </a> Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different. parable παραβολὴν (parabolēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3850.htm">Strong's 3850: </a> From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage. to them: αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “The ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. kingdom βασιλεία (basileia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_932.htm">Strong's 932: </a> From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm. of τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. heaven οὐρανῶν (ouranōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. is like Ὡμοιώθη (Hōmoiōthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3666.htm">Strong's 3666: </a> To make like, liken; I compare. From homoios; to assimilate, i.e. Compare; passively, to become similar. a man ἀνθρώπῳ (anthrōpō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. who sowed σπείραντι (speiranti) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. good καλὸν (kalon) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2570.htm">Strong's 2570: </a> Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous. seed σπέρμα (sperma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4690.htm">Strong's 4690: </a> From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. field. ἀγρῷ (agrō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> From ago; a field; genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. Hamlet. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/13-24.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 13:24 He set another parable before them saying (Matt. 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