Matthew 13:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
  • Acts 20:30-31 : 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Matt 13:39 : 39 and 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 While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables. 5 But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 13:26-31
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    88%

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

    27The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?

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

    29No, he answered, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

    30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that 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, which a man took and planted in his field.

  • Matt 13:21-24
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    87%

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

    22The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

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

    24He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

  • Matt 13:36-41
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    82%

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

    37He answered, The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

    38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

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

    40As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

    41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

  • Matt 13:3-8
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    79%

    3And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5Some fell on rocky places, where there was not much soil, and they immediately sprang up because the soil was shallow.

    6But when the sun came up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

    7Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

    8But others fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    78%

    18Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.

    19When 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%

    5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    26And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

    27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how.

  • Matt 25:5
    75%

    5While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

  • Mark 4:3-4
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    3Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow:

    4And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

  • Matt 13:33
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    33He told them still another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 4:14-15
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    14The sower sows the word.

    15And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown; but when they hear it, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

  • Matt 25:13-14
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    13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.

    14For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

  • Matt 13:44
    73%

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

  • Matt 15:13
    73%

    13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.

  • Matt 25:26
    72%

    26But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

  • Luke 8:7
    72%

    7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

  • Mark 4:7
    72%

    7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

  • Mark 4:18
    72%

    18And these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,

  • Luke 13:19
    72%

    19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

  • Mark 13:36
    72%

    36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

  • Matt 28:13
    72%

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

  • Matt 13:47
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    47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.

  • Luke 20:9
    72%

    9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.

  • Luke 8:9
    71%

    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • Matt 20:1
    71%

    1For the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.