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Heὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςand said,εἶπεν“The one whoὉsowsσπείρωνthe goodτὸ καλὸνseedσπέρμαisἐστὶνthe Sonὁ υἱὸςof Man;τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Matthew 13:37
Study it in the app“He answered and said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:37, word by word
- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- sowsσπείρωνspeirōn
sow
Sow.
Where else “speirōn” appears- the 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- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the Sonυἱὸςhuios
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appears- of Manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
Son of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears
The context
36Then 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.”
37 · This verse (above)
38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one;
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?