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Butδέheὁsays,φησιν‘No,Οὔso thatμήποτεwhile gatheringσυλλέγοντεςthe darnelτὰ ζιζάνιαyou do notμήποτεuprootἐκριζώσητεthe wheatτὸν σῖτονalong withἅμαthem.αὐτοῖς
Matthew 13:29
Study it in the app“But he says, ‘No, so that while gathering the darnel you do not uproot the wheat along with them.”
Wheat and weeds grow together until the harvestThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:29, word by word
- saysφησινphēsin
say
Say.
Where else “phēsin” appears- so thatμήποτεmēpote
lest
Expresses fear that something bad may happen, so as to avoid it.
Where else “mēpote” appears- while gatheringσυλλέγοντεςsyllegontes
gather, collect
Gather, collect, pick up.
Where else “syllegontes” 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- uprootἐκριζώσητεekrizōsēte
uproot
Uproot, pull out by the roots.
Where else “ekrizōsēte” appears- the wheatσῖτονsiton
wheat
Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.
Where else “siton” appears- along withἅμαhama
together, at once
At the same time, together with.
Where else “hama” appears
The context
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?’
29 · This verse (above)
30Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the darnel first and tie it in bundles to burn it, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
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?