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andδὲthe fieldὁ ἀγρόςisἐστινthe world;ὁ κόσμοςandδὲthe goodτὸ καλὸνseed,σπέρμαtheseοὗτοίareεἰσινthe sonsοἱ υἱοὶof the kingdom;τῆς βασιλείαςandδὲthe darnelτὰ ζιζάνιάareεἰσινthe sonsοἱ υἱοὶof the evil one;τοῦ πονηροῦ
Matthew 13:38
Study it in the app“and 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;”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:38, word by word
- the fieldἀγρόςagros
field
Land that is sown or worked and belongs to someone.
Where else “agros” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the worldκόσμοςkosmos
world of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmos” 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- the sonsυἱοὶhuioi
one belonging to
Someone with the character of something: "children of light".
Where else “huioi” appears- of the kingdomβασιλείαςbasileias
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileias” appears- the darnelζιζάνιάzizania
weeds, darnel
Darnel, weeds: a plant that looks like wheat while it grows but gives a poisonous grain.
Where else “zizania” appears- of the evil oneπονηροῦponērou
the evil one
A name given to the devil, God's enemy.
Where else “ponērou” appears
The context
37He answered and said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
38 · This verse (above)
39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
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?