Study it in the app“Then leaving the crowds, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.””
ThenΤότεleavingἀφεὶςthe crowds,τοὺς ὄχλουςhe wentἦλθενintoεἰςthe house.τὴν οἰκίανAndκαὶhisαὐτοῦdisciplesοἱ μαθηταὶcameπροσῆλθονto him,αὐτῷsaying,λέγοντες“ExplainΔιασάφησονto usἡμῖνthe parableτὴν παραβολὴνof the darnelτῶν ζιζανίωνof the field.”τοῦ ἀγροῦ
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “Tote” appearsleave
To part from something or someone and go on without it.
Where else “apheis” appearscrowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlous” appearsgo
To set out toward a place.
Where else “ēlthen” appearshouse
The building where a family lives.
Where else “oikian” appearsdisciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētai” appearscome near
To come up close to someone, go toward them.
Where else “prosēlthon” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appearsexplain
To make fully plain what is not understood.
Where else “Diasaphēson” appearsparable
A story from daily life that teaches about God.
Where else “parabolēn” appearsweeds, darnel
Darnel, weeds: a plant that looks like wheat while it grows but gives a poisonous grain.
Where else “zizaniōn” appearsfield
Land that is sown or worked and belongs to someone.
Where else “agrou” appears35so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will pour out things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
36 · This verse (above)
37He answered and said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
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?
