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Butδὲwhileἐν τῷpeopleτοὺς ἀνθρώπουςwere sleeping,καθεύδεινhisαὐτοῦenemyὁ ἐχθρὸςcameἦλθενandκαὶsowedἐπέσπειρενdarnelζιζάνιαamongἀνὰ μέσονthe wheatτοῦ σίτουandκαὶwent away.ἀπῆλθεν
Matthew 13:25
Study it in the app“But while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.”
Wheat and weeds grow together until the harvestThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:25, word by word
- peopleἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appears- were sleepingκαθεύδεινkatheudein
sleep
To rest with closed eyes through the night.
Where else “katheudein” appears- enemyἐχθρὸςechthros
enemy
Someone who hates another or wars against them.
Where else “echthros” appears- cameἦλθενēlthen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthen” appears- darnelζιζάνιαzizania
weeds, darnel
Darnel, weeds: a plant that looks like wheat while it grows but gives a poisonous grain.
Where else “zizania” appears- amongἀνὰana
among
Within a group or a place, surrounded by others.
Where else “ana” appears- amongμέσονmeson
middle
Middle, in the midst.
Where else “meson” appears- the wheatσίτουsitou
wheat
Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.
Where else “sitou” appears- went awayἀπῆλθενapēlthen
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apēlthen” appears
Translation note
Darnel is a weed that, as it grows, looks very much like wheat, but its grain is toxic.
The context
24He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 · This verse (above)
26And when the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel appeared also.
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?