Matthew 13:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 This arose because of false brothers who were secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so they might bring us into bondage.
  • Acts 20:30-31 : 30 Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them. 31 Therefore, be watchful, remembering that for three years I never stopped admonishing each one of you with tears, night and day.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 It deceives those who dwell on the earth by the signs it was allowed to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest. 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.
  • Matt 13:39 : 39 The enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they will gather teachers for themselves to satisfy their itching ears. 4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths. 5 But as for you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching, she misleads my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 13:26-31
    6 verses
    88%

    26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, the weeds also appeared.

    27 The servants of the landowner came to him and said, 'Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

    28 He replied, 'An enemy did this.' The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'

    29 ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

    30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.”’

    31 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.'

  • Matt 13:21-24
    4 verses
    87%

    21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

    22 The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

    23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears and understands the word. This person produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

    24 Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

  • Matt 13:36-41
    6 verses
    82%

    36 Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, 'Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.'

    37 He replied, 'The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.'

    38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one.

    39 The enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

    40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

    41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all things that cause sin and all who practice lawlessness.

  • Matt 13:3-8
    6 verses
    79%

    3 Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4 As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them.

    5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where there was not much soil. They sprouted quickly because the soil was not deep.

    6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and since they had no roots, they withered away.

    7 Other seeds fell among thorns, which grew up and choked them.

    8 Still other seeds fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some one hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

  • Matt 13:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18 So listen to the parable of the sower.

    19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

  • Luke 8:5
    77%

    5 A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

  • Mark 4:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26 He also said, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man scatters seed on the ground.

    27 He sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.

  • Matt 25:5
    75%

    5 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

  • Mark 4:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4 As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

  • Matt 13:33
    74%

    33 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about fifty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'

  • Luke 8:11
    74%

    11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 4:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 The sower sows the word.

    15 These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

  • Matt 25:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

    14 For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

  • Mark 12:1
    74%

    1 He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

  • Matt 13:44
    73%

    44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

  • Matt 15:13
    73%

    13 He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

  • Matt 25:26
    72%

    26 His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered.

  • Luke 8:7
    72%

    7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

  • Mark 4:7
    72%

    7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.

  • Mark 4:18
    72%

    18 Others are like the seed sown among thorns: these are the ones who hear the word,

  • Luke 13:19
    72%

    19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.'

  • Mark 13:36
    72%

    36 Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

  • Matt 28:13
    72%

    13 They instructed them, 'Say this: “His disciples came during the night and stole Him away while we were asleep.”'

  • Matt 13:47
    72%

    47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

  • Luke 20:9
    72%

    9 Then he began to tell the people this parable: 'A man planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went away for a long time.

  • Luke 8:9
    71%

    9 Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

  • Matt 20:1
    71%

    1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.