Matthew 13:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;
  • Acts 20:30-31 : 30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them. 31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ. 14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light. 15 So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood. 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
  • Matt 13:39 : 39 And 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.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them; 4 And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories. 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

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  • Matt 13:26-31
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    26 But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

    27 And 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?

    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?

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

    30 Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

    31 He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

  • Matt 13:21-24
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    87%

    21 But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

    22 And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

    23 And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

    24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

  • Matt 13:36-41
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    36 Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

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

    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;

    39 And 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.

    40 As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

    41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

  • Matt 13:3-8
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    3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

    4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

    5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

    6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

    7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

    8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

  • Matt 13:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

    19 When 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.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

    27 And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

  • Matt 25:5
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    5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.

  • Mark 4:3-4
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    3 A man went out to put seed in the earth:

    4 And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

  • Matt 13:33
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    33 Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 4:14-15
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    14 The seed is the word.

    15 And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

  • Matt 25:13-14
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    13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

    14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1 And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

  • Matt 13:44
    73%

    44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

  • Matt 25:26
    72%

    26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

  • Luke 8:7
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    7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

  • Mark 4:7
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    7 And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

  • Mark 4:18
    72%

    18 And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

  • Luke 13:19
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    19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

  • Mark 13:36
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    36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

  • Matt 28:13
    72%

    13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping.

  • Matt 13:47
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    47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

  • Luke 20:9
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    9 And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

  • Luke 8:9
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    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Matt 20:1
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    1 For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.