Matthew 13:25

Geneva Bible (1560)

But while men slept, there came his enemie, and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his waie.

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure:
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 Bvt there were false prophets also among the people, euen as there shalbe false teachers among you: which priuily shall bring in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde, that hath bought them, and bring vpon themselues swift damnation.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.
  • Acts 20:30-31 : 30 Moreouer of your owne selues shall men arise speaking peruerse thinges, to drawe disciples after them. 31 Therefore watche, and remember, that by the space of three yeres I ceased not to warne euery one, both night and day with teares.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out, which deceiueth all the world: he was euen cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Take heede, that no man fall away from the grace of God: let no roote of bitternes spring vp and trouble you, lest thereby many be defiled.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And deceiued them that dwell on the earth by the signes, which were permitted to him to doe in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make the image of the beast, which had the wound of a sword, and did liue.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such false apostles are deceitfull workers, and transforme themselues into the Apostles of Christ. 14 And no marueile: for Satan himselfe is transformed into an Angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers transforme themselues, as though they were the ministers of righteousnes, whose end shall be according to their workes.
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All ye beastes of the fielde, come to deuoure, euen all ye beastes of the forest. 10 Their watchmen are all blinde: they haue no knowledge: they are all dumme dogs: they can not barke: they lie and sleepe and delite in sleeping.
  • Matt 13:39 : 39 And the enemie that soweth them, is the deuill, and the haruest is the end of the worlde, and the reapers be the Angels.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 Nowe while the bridegrome taried long, all slumbred and slept.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shal after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers, 4 And shall turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe giuen vnto fables. 5 But watch thou in all thinges: suffer aduersitie: doe the worke of an Euangelist: cause thy ministerie to be throughly liked of.
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 Notwithstanding, I haue a few things against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Iezabel, which calleth her selfe a prophetesse, to teache and to deceiue my seruants to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates sacrificed vnto idoles.

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  • Matt 13:26-31
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    88%

    26And when the blade was sprong vp, and brought forth fruite, then appeared the tares also.

    27Then came the seruaunts of the housholder, and sayd vnto him, Master, sowedst not thou good seede in thy fielde? from whence then hath it tares?

    28And hee said to them, Some enuious man hath done this. Then the seruants saide vnto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them vp?

    29But he saide, Nay, lest while yee goe about to gather the tares, yee plucke vp also with them the wheat.

    30Let both growe together vntill the haruest, and in time of haruest I will say to the reapers, Gather yee first the tares, and binde them in sheaues to burne them: but gather the wheate into my barne.

    31Another parable he put foorth vnto them, saying, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a graine of mustard seede, which a man taketh and soweth in his fielde:

  • Matt 13:21-24
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    21Yet hath he no roote in himselfe, and dureth but a season: for assoone as tribulation or persecution commeth because of the woorde, by and by he is offended.

    22And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.

    23But he that receiued the seede in the good ground, is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruite, and bringeth foorth, some an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and some thirtie folde.

    24Another parable put hee foorth vnto them, saying, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man which sowed good seede in his fielde.

  • Matt 13:36-41
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    36Then sent Iesus the multitude away, and went into the house; his disciples came vnto him, saying, Declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of that fielde.

    37Then answered he, and saide to them, He that soweth the good seede, is the Sonne of man.

    38And the field is the worlde, and the good seede are the children of the kingdome, and the tares are the children of that wicked one.

    39And the enemie that soweth them, is the deuill, and the haruest is the end of the worlde, and the reapers be the Angels.

    40As then the tares are gathered and burned in ye fire, so shal it be in the end of this world.

    41The Sonne of man shal send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie,

  • Matt 13:3-8
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    3Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sowe.

    4And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules came and deuoured them vp.

    5And some fell vpon stony grounde, where they had not much earth, and anon they sprong vp, because they had no depth of earth.

    6And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.

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

    8Some againe fel in good ground, & brought forth fruite, one corne an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and another thirtie folde.

  • Matt 13:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18Heare ye therefore ye parable of ye sower.

    19Whensoeuer any man heareth the woorde of that kingdome, and vnderstandeth it not, that euil one commeth, and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart: and this is he which hath receiued the seede by the way side.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5A sower went out to sowe his seede, and as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side, and it was troden vnder feete, and the foules of heauen deuoured it vp.

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    75%

    26Also he said, So is the kingdome of God, as if a man should cast seede in the ground,

    27And shoulde sleepe, and rise vp night and day, and the seede should spring and growe vp, he not knowing howe.

  • Matt 25:5
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    5Nowe while the bridegrome taried long, all slumbred and slept.

  • Mark 4:3-4
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    3Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe.

    4And it came to passe as he sowed, that some fell by the way side, and the foules of the heauen came, and deuoured it vp.

  • Matt 13:33
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    33Another parable spake hee to them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meale, till all be leauened.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11The parable is this, The seede is the worde of God.

  • Mark 4:14-15
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    14The sower soweth the worde.

    15And these are they that receiue the seede by the wayes side, in whome the worde is sowen: but when they haue heard it, Satan commeth immediatly, and taketh away the worde that was sowen in their heartes.

  • Matt 25:13-14
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    74%

    13Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.

    14For the kingdome of heauen is as a man that going into a strange countrey, called his seruants, and deliuered to them his goods.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, & digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, & let it out to husbandmen, & went into a strange countrey.

  • Matt 13:44
    73%

    44Againe, the kingdom of heauen is like vnto a treasure hid in ye field, which when a man hath found, he hideth it, & for ioy thereof departeth & selleth all that he hath, and buieth that field.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13But hee answered and saide, Euery plant which mine heauenly Father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.

  • Matt 25:26
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    26And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.

  • Luke 8:7
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    7And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.

  • Mark 4:7
    72%

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

  • Mark 4:18
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    18Also they that receiue the seede among the thornes, are such as heare the word:

  • Luke 13:19
    72%

    19It is like a graine of mustard seede, which a man tooke & sowed in his garden, and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the heauen made nestes in the branches thereof.

  • Mark 13:36
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    36Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

  • Matt 28:13
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    13Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

  • Matt 13:47
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    47Againe, the kingdom of heauen is like vnto a drawe net cast into the sea, that gathereth of all kindes of things.

  • Luke 20:9
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    9Then began he to speake to ye people this parable, A certaine man planted a vineyarde, and let it forth to husbandmen: and went into a strange countrey, for a great time.

  • Luke 8:9
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    9Then his disciples asked him, demaunding what parable that was.

  • Matt 20:1
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    1For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.