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He put beforeπαρέθηκενthemαὐτοῖςanotherἌλληνparable,παραβολὴνsaying,λέγων“The kingdomἡ βασιλείαof heavenτῶν οὐρανῶνhas become likeὩμοιώθηa manἀνθρώπῳwho sowedσπείραντιgoodκαλὸνseedσπέρμαinἐνhisαὐτοῦfield.τῷ ἀγρῷ
Matthew 13:24
Study it in the app“He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field.”
Wheat and weeds grow together until the harvestThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:24, word by word
- He put beforeπαρέθηκενparethēken
set before
To lay something before someone, like food.
Where else “parethēken” appears- anotherἌλληνAllēn
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “Allēn” appears- parableπαραβολὴνparabolēn
parable
A story from daily life that teaches about God.
Where else “parabolēn” appears- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “The kingdomβασιλείαbasileia
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileia” appears- of heavenοὐρανῶνouranōn
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōn” appears- has become likeὩμοιώθηHōmoiōthē
become like
To become like another, to take on their likeness.
Where else “Hōmoiōthē” appears- a manἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpōi” appears- who sowedσπείραντιspeiranti
sow
Sow.
Where else “speiranti” appears- goodκαλὸνkalon
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalon” appears- seedσπέρμαsperma
seed
What is sown in the ground so that a plant will grow.
Where else “sperma” appears- fieldἀγρῷagrōi
field
Land that is sown or worked and belongs to someone.
Where else “agrōi” appears
The context
23And the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”
24 · This verse (above)
25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.
To study Matthew 13 in a group
1. What it says
On which four kinds of ground did the sower's seed fall (vv. 4–8)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus teach the crowds in parables (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
In the sower's parable, worry can choke the word (v. 22). What chokes it most in your day?