Matthew 13:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Matt 13:1 : 1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
  • Matt 14:22 : 22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.
  • Matt 15:15-16 : 15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us. 16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
  • Matt 15:39 : 39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
  • Mark 6:45 : 45 And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.
  • Mark 7:17 : 17 And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
  • Mark 8:9 : 9 And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.
  • John 16:17-20 : 17 So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father? 18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us. 19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? 20 Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
  • Matt 9:28 : 28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

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  • 82%

    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:

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

    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:

  • 80%

    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 13:3-4
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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:

  • 10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

  • 17 And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

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

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    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.

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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.

    34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

    35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

  • 10 And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

  • 15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

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

  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33 And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

    34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

  • 53 And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

  • 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 4:13-14
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    13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

    14 The seed is the word.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

  • 1 And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

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    33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

    34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

  • 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.

  • 1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

  • 37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

  • 1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:

  • 20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

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

  • 28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

  • 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

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

  • 34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.