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Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Matthew 13:24 · King James Version
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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,
  • BSB Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who 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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Quick answer

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

Cross-references · 22

  • Matt 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
  • Matt 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
  • Matt 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
  • Matt 22:2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
  • Matt 13:37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
  • Luke 13:20And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
  • Matt 13:33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  • Luke 13:18Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
  • Mark 4:26–30And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
  • Matt 13:31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
  • 1 Pet 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
  • Matt 18:23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
  • Matt 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
  • Matt 3:2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
  • Matt 13:44–45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
  • Matt 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
  • Col 1:5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
  • Ezek 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
  • Judg 14:12–13And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
  • Isa 28:10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
  • Isa 28:13But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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Christ at the center

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'

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