Matthew 13:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But whyle men slept, his enemye came & sowed tares among the wheate, and went his way.

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour:
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 There were false prophetes also among the people, eue as there shalbe false teachers among you, whiche pryuyly shal bryng in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde that hath bought them, and bryng vpo them selues swyft damnation.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.
  • Acts 20:30-31 : 30 Also of your owne selues shall men aryse, speakyng peruerse thynges, to drawe disciples after them. 31 Therfore watch, and remember that by the space of three yeres I ceassed not to warne euery one night and day with teares.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuyll & Satanas, was cast out, which deceaueth all the world: And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with hym.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp, trouble you, and therby many be defyled.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth, by the meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the syght of the beast, saying to them that dwelt on the earth, that they shoulde make the image of the beast which had the wounde of a sworde, and dyd lyue.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such false Apostles are disceiptfull workers, transfourmed into ye Apostles of Christe. 14 And no maruayle, for Satan himselfe is transfourmed into an angel of lyght. 15 Therfore it is no great thyng though his ministers be transfourmed as the ministers of righteousnesse, whose ende shalbe accordyng to their workes.
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 Come all ye beastes of the fielde, that ye may deuoure all the beastes of the wood. 10 For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.
  • Matt 13:39 : 39 The enemie that soweth them, is the deuyll: the haruest, is the ende of the worlde: the reapers, be the Angels.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 For the tyme wyll come, when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine: but after their owne lustes, shal they whose eares itche, get the an heape of teachers: 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables. 5 But watche thou in all thynges, suffer afflictions, do the worke of an Euangelist, fulfyll thy ministerie:
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 Notwithstandyng, I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel, which called her selfe a prophetisse, to teache, and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols.

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  • Matt 13:26-31
    6 verses
    88%

    26But when the blade was sprong vp, and had brought foorth fruite, then appeared the tares also.

    27So, the seruauntes of the housholder came, and sayde vnto hym. Sir, diddest not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde? from whence then hath it tares?

    28He sayde vnto them: the malicious man hath done this. The seruauntes sayde vnto hym: wylt thou then that we go, and gather them vp?

    29But he sayde, nay: lest whyle ye gather vp the tares, ye rote vp also the wheate with them.

    30Let both growe together vntyll the haruest: & in tyme of haruest, I wyl say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bynde them in bundels to burne them: but carrie the wheate into my barne.

    31Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying. The kyngdome of heauen is like to a grayne of mustard seede, which a man toke & sowed in his fielde.

  • Matt 13:21-24
    4 verses
    87%

    21Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde, by and by he is offended.

    22He also that receaued seede into the thornes, is he that heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the disceiptfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfruitfull.

    23But he that receaued seede into the good grounde, is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruite: and bryngeth foorth, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde.

    24Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is likened vnto a man, which sowed good seede in his fielde.

  • Matt 13:36-41
    6 verses
    82%

    36Then Iesus sent the people away, & went into the house: And his disciples came vnto hym, saying: Declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of the fielde.

    37He aunswered and sayde vnto them: He that soweth the good seede, is the sonne of man.

    38The fielde, is the worlde: & the good seede, they are the childre of ye kingdom: the tares, are the chyldren of ye wicked.

    39The enemie that soweth them, is the deuyll: the haruest, is the ende of the worlde: the reapers, be the Angels.

    40Euen as the tares therfore, are gathered and brent in the fyre: so shall it be in the ende of this worlde.

    41The sonne of man shall sende foorth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kyngdome, all thynges that offende, and them which do iniquitie:

  • Matt 13:3-8
    6 verses
    79%

    3And he spake many thynges to them in parables, saying: Beholde, the sower went foorth to sowe.

    4And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the fowles came, and deuoured them vp.

    5Some fell vpon stony places, where they had not much earth, and anone they sprong vp, because they had no depenesse of earth.

    6And when the sonne was vp, they caught heate, and because they had not roote, they wythered away.

    7Agayne, some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp and choked them.

    8But some fell into good grounde, and brought foorth fruite, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde.

  • Matt 13:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower.

    19When one heareth the worde of the kyngdome, and vnderstandeth it not, then commeth that euyll, and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart: this is he, which receaued seede by the way syde.

  • Luke 8:5
    77%

    5The sower wet out to sowe his seede: and as he sowed, some fell by the way syde, and it was troden downe, and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp.

  • Mark 4:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26And he sayde, so is the kyngdome of God: euen as yf a man shoulde sowe seede in the grounde,

    27And shoulde slepe, and ryse vp nyght and day, and the seede shoulde spryng & growe vp, he knoweth not howe.

  • Matt 25:5
    75%

    5Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept.

  • Mark 4:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe:

    4And it fortuned as he sowed, that some fell by the way syde, and the fowles of the ayre came, and deuoured it vp.

  • Matt 13:33
    74%

    33Another parable spake he vnto them: The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto leuen, which a woman taketh & hydeth in three peckes of meale, tyll all be leuened.

  • Luke 8:11
    74%

    11The parable is this. The seede, is the worde of God.

  • Mark 4:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14The sower, soweth the worde.

    15And they that receaued seede by the way side, are those where the worde is sowe: but when they haue hearde, Satan cometh immediatly, and taketh away the word that was sowen in their heartes.

  • Matt 25:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Watch therfore, for ye knowe neither the day, nor yet the houre, wherin the sonne of man shall come.

    14Lykewyse, as a certayne man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes.

  • Mark 12:1
    74%

    1And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and compassed it about with an hedge, and ordeyned a wynepresse, and built a towre, and let it out vnto husbande men: and went into a straunge countrey.

  • Matt 13:44
    73%

    44Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the fielde: the which a man hath founde, and hyd, and for ioy therof, goeth and selleth all that he hath, and byeth the fielde.

  • Matt 15:13
    73%

    13But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.

  • Matt 25:26
    72%

    26His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,

  • Luke 8:7
    72%

    7And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.

  • Mark 4:7
    72%

    7And some fell among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it gaue no fruite.

  • Mark 4:18
    72%

    18And those be they that receaue seede among thornes: and those I saye are such as heare the worde,

  • Luke 13:19
    72%

    19It is like a grayne of mustarde seede, whiche a man toke & sowed in his garden: and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the ayre made nestes in the braunches of it.

  • Mark 13:36
    72%

    36Lest yf he come sodenly, he fynde you slepyng.

  • Matt 28:13
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    13Saying. Saye ye, that his disciples came by nyght, & stole hym away while ye slept.

  • Matt 13:47
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    47Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of all kynde:

  • Luke 20:9
    72%

    9Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and let it foorth to husbande men, and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season.

  • Luke 8:9
    71%

    9And his disciples asked hym, saying what maner of similitude is this?

  • Matt 20:1
    71%

    1For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.