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Andδὲwhenὅτεthe plantsὁ χόρτοςsproutedἐβλάστησενandκαὶproducedἐποίησενgrain,καρπὸνthenτότεthe darnelτὰ ζιζάνιαappearedἐφάνηalso.καὶ
Matthew 13:26
Study it in the app“And when the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel appeared also.”
Wheat and weeds grow together until the harvestThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:26, word by word
- the plantsχόρτοςchortos
grass
Grass, pasture.
Where else “chortos” appears- sproutedἐβλάστησενeblastēsen
sprout
Sprout, grow; produce.
Where else “eblastēsen” appears- producedἐποίησενepoiēsen
bear fruit
To produce fruit, like a tree; in life, deeds that can be seen.
Where else “epoiēsen” appears- grainκαρπὸνkarpon
fruit
What a plant produces, which is harvested and eaten.
Where else “karpon” appears- thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- the darnelζιζάνιαzizania
weeds, darnel
Darnel, weeds: a plant that looks like wheat while it grows but gives a poisonous grain.
Where else “zizania” appears- appearedἐφάνηephanē
appear
To be seen, show itself.
Where else “ephanē” appears
The context
25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.
26 · This verse (above)
27And the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where does it get darnel?’
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?