Matthew 13:24–30
Wheat and weeds grow together until the harvest
Study it word by word24He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.
26And when the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel appeared also.
27And 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?’
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?’
29But he says, ‘No, so that while gathering the darnel you do not uproot the wheat along with them.
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.”’”
In its context
22And the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
23And the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”
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31He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field;
32it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”
Its words in the original
- ἌλληνAllēn· other, another
Other, another.
- παραβολὴνparabolēn· parable, comparison
Parable: a comparison, a story from everyday life that teaches a truth about the kingdom.
- παρέθηκενparethēken· set before
Put before, serve; entrust to someone's care.
- λέγωνlegōn· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ὩμοιώθηHōmoiōthē· be like, compare
Make like, become like; compare.
- βασιλείαbasileia· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- οὐρανῶνouranōn· heaven, sky
Heaven: the sky and, above all, the place of God. "The heavens" is sometimes a respectful way of saying "God".
- ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- σπείραντιspeiranti· sow
Sow.
- καλὸνkalon· good, beautiful
Good, beautiful, noble.
- σπέρμαsperma· seed, offspring
Seed; also offspring, descendants.
- ἀγρῷagrōi· field, countryside
Field, farmland; in the plural, the countryside and its farms.
- καθεύδεινkatheudein· sleep
Sleep.
- ἦλθενēlthen· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ἐχθρὸςechthros· enemy
Enemy; hostile.
- ζιζάνιαzizania· weeds, darnel
Darnel, weeds: a plant that looks like wheat while it grows but gives a poisonous grain.
- ἀνὰana· each, among
In the midst of; with numbers, "each".
- μέσονmeson· middle
Middle, in the midst.
- σίτουsitou· wheat
Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.
- ἀπῆλθενapēlthen· go away
Go away, leave.
- ἐβλάστησενeblastēsen· sprout
Sprout, grow; produce.
- χόρτοςchortos· grass
Grass, pasture.
- καρπὸνkarpon· fruit
Fruit; also the result of what someone does.
- ἐποίησενepoiēsen· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- τότεtote· then
Then, at that time.
- ἐφάνηephanē· shine, appear
Appear, become visible; shine.
- προσελθόντεςproselthontes· come to, approach
Come up to, approach someone.
- δοῦλοιdouloi· slave
Slave: someone who belongs to a master and serves him.
- οἰκοδεσπότουoikodespotou· master of the house
Master of the house, head of a household.
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- οὐχὶouchi· not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
- σῷsōi· your, yours
Your, yours (of one person).
- πόθενpothen· from where?
From where? where from?
- ἔχειechei· have
Have, possess, hold.
- ἔφηephē· say
Say.
- ΘέλειςTheleis· want, wish
Want, wish, be willing.
- συλλέξωμενsyllexōmen· gather, collect
Gather, collect, pick up.
- μήποτεmēpote· lest, perhaps
Lest, so that not; perhaps.
- ἐκριζώσητεekrizōsēte· uproot
Uproot, pull out by the roots.
- ἅμαhama· together, at once
At the same time, together with.
- ἄφετεaphete· let go, forgive
Leave, let go, allow; said of sins and debts, forgive.
- συναυξάνεσθαιsynauxanesthai· grow together
Grow together, grow side by side.
- ἀμφότεραamphotera· both
Both, the two together.
- μέχριmechri· until, as far as
Until; as far as.
- θερισμοῦtherismou· harvest
Harvest.
- καιρῷkairōi· time, right time
Time, the appointed moment.
- θερισταῖςtheristais· reaper
Reaper, harvester.
- πρῶτονprōton· first
First, foremost.
- δήσατεdēsate· bind, tie
Bind, tie.
- δέσμαςdesmas· bundle
Bundle.
- κατακαῦσαιkatakausai· burn up
Burn up completely.
- συναγάγετεsynagagete· gather
Gather, bring together.
- ἀποθήκηνapothēkēn· barn, storehouse
Barn, granary, storehouse.