Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
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- WEB He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
- KJV Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- NKJV Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
- NASB Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
- NLT Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field.
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Jesus tells another parable: the kingdom is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Overview
This Parable of the Weeds addresses the coexistence of good and evil until the final judgment. The man sowing good seed represents Christ at work in the world. It prepares for a lesson on patience and the certainty of God's final separation.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 25:1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
- Matt 13:47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
- Matt 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
- Matt 22:2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- Matt 13:37He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
- Luke 13:20Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
- Matt 13:33He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
- Luke 13:18Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
- Mark 4:26–30Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
- Matt 13:31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
- 1 Pet 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- Matt 18:23Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
- Matt 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- Matt 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Matt 21:33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
- Matt 13:44–45The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- Matt 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
- Col 1:5the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
- Ezek 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
- Judg 14:12–13“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
- Isa 28:10For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”
- Isa 28:13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
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