Matthew 13:28

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

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  • 1 Cor 5:3-7 : 3 For though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit, and I have already passed judgment on the one who has committed this act, as if I were present. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you, along with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
  • 2 Cor 2:6-9 : 6 The punishment imposed by the majority is sufficient for such a person. 7 Instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For this reason, I also wrote to you, to test you and see if you are obedient in everything. 10 Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if I have forgiven anything—it has been for your benefit in the presence of Christ. 11 So that we may not be outwitted by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we urge you, brothers, admonish those who are idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
  • Jude 1:22-23 : 22 And have mercy on those who are doubting; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire, and on some, show mercy with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
  • Luke 9:49-54 : 49 John said, 'Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow us.' 50 'Do not stop him,' Jesus said, 'for whoever is not against you is for you.' 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face firmly to go to Jerusalem. 52 He sent messengers ahead of him, and they went into a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival. 53 But the people did not welcome him because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 When James and John, his disciples, saw this, they said, 'Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them, as Elijah did?'

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

    25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

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

    27The 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?'

  • Matt 13:29-31
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    29‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

    30Let 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.”’

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

  • Matt 13:36-41
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    36Then 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.'

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

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

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

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    15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?'

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    38But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!'

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