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Andδὲthe slavesοἱ δοῦλοιof the master of the houseτοῦ οἰκοδεσπότουcameπροσελθόντεςand saidεἶπονto him,αὐτῷ‘Master,Κύριεdid you notοὐχὶsowἔσπειραςgoodκαλὸνseedσπέρμαinἐνyourσῷfield?τῷ ἀγρῷThenοὖνwhereπόθενdoes it getἔχειdarnel?’ζιζάνια
Matthew 13:27
Study it in the app“And 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?’”
Wheat and weeds grow together until the harvestThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:27, word by word
- the slavesδοῦλοιdouloi
slave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “douloi” appears- of the master of the houseοἰκοδεσπότουoikodespotou
master of the house
Master of the house, head of a household.
Where else “oikodespotou” appears- cameπροσελθόντεςproselthontes
come near
To come up close to someone, go toward them.
Where else “proselthontes” appears- and saidεἶπονeipon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipon” appears- ‘MasterΚύριεKyrie
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “Kyrie” appears- did you notοὐχὶouchi
not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “ouchi” appears- sowἔσπειραςespeiras
sow
Sow.
Where else “espeiras” 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- yourσῷsōi
your, yours
Your, yours (of one person).
Where else “sōi” appears- fieldἀγρῷagrōi
field
Land that is sown or worked and belongs to someone.
Where else “agrōi” appears- whereπόθενpothen
from where?
From where? where from?
Where else “pothen” appears- does it getἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- darnel?’ζιζάνιαzizania
weeds, darnel
Darnel, weeds: a plant that looks like wheat while it grows but gives a poisonous grain.
Where else “zizania” appears
The context
26And when the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel appeared also.
27 · This verse (above)
28And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ And the slaves say to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
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?