the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
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the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
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And the felde is the worlde. And the chyldre of the kingdome they are the good seed. And the tares are the chyldren of the wicked.
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And the field is the worlde, and the good seede are the children of the kingdome, and the tares are the children of that wicked one.
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Passages linked to Matthew 13:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 8:44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
- Acts 13:10 and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Philippians 3:18-19 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
- 1 John 3:8-10 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
- Genesis 3:15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
- 1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
- James 1:18 Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
- Psalms 22:30 Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
- Hosea 2:23 I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘My God!’ ”
- Zechariah 10:8-9 I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they will increase as they have increased. I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.
- Matthew 24:14 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
- Luke 24:47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
- John 1:12-13 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
- John 12:24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- Romans 8:17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
- Romans 10:18 But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Colossians 1:6 which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
- James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Mark 16:15-20 He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
- Romans 16:26
- Revelation 14:6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 38 The field is the world; the good seed…
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Ver. 38. The field is the world] The Christian world, the Church, not the Roman Catholic Church only, the Pope’s territories, as he would have it. The Rogatian heretics would needs have made the world believe that they were the only Catholics. The Anabaptists have the same conceit of themselves. Munzer their chieftain, in his book written against Luther, and dedicated to Christ the most illustrious Prince (as he styleth him), inveigheth bitterly at him, as one that was merely carnal, and utterly void of the spirit of revelation. And Pareus upon this text tells us, that in a conference at Frankendale, the Anabaptists thus argued, The field is the world, therefore not the Church; that by the same reason they might deny, that tares breed in the Church. But tares are and will be in the visible Church, as our Saviour purposely teacheth by this parable.
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The tares are the children of that wicked one] So called partly in respect of their serpentine nature, those corrupt qualities whereby they resemble the devil; and partly because they creep into the Church by Satan’s subtlety, being his agents and emissaries. Agnosco te primogenitum diaboli, saith St John of that heretic Cerinthus. And hypocrites are his sons and heirs, the very freeholders of hell, and other sinners but their tenants, which have their part or lot with hypocrites, Mat 24:29.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As therefore the tares are gathered,.... As it is…
As therefore the tares are gathered,.... As it is represented in the parable, that in the time of harvest, the tares shall be gathered out from the wheat first; and being bound in bundles, shall burnt in the fire, prepared for that purpose,
so shall it be in the end of this world; hypocritical and heretical men, and all formal professors, shall be gathered out from among the saints, and the several churches, among whom they have been; and shall be together cast into everlasting burnings, prepared for the devil and his angels, whose children they are.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The good seed are the children of the kingdom…
The good seed are the children of the kingdom - That is, the children of God, the righteous.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The tares are the children of the wicked one--As…
The tares are the children of the wicked one--As this sowing could only be "while men slept," no blame seems intended, and certainly none is charged upon "the servants"; it is probably just the dress of the parable.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (38) The tares are the children of the wicked…
(38) The tares are the children of the wicked one.—It was, perhaps, natural that theologians, who saw in heresy the greatest of all evils, should identify the tares with heretics. So far as heresy rises from the spirit of self-will, or antagonism to righteousness, we may admit that they are included in the class, but the true definition is that given in Mat_13:41, “all things that offend, and them which do iniquity.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The children of the kingdom; the sons, etc. (Revised…
The children of the kingdom; the sons, etc. (Revised Version); Mat_5:9, note. The tares are the children of the wicked one; of the evil one (Revised Version); cf. Mat_6:13, note. (On the bearing that the evidence of the Old Syriac and the Old Latin versions here has on the masculine interpretation there, see Chase, "Lord"s Prayer," etc., pp. 155, 159, sqq.)
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The field is the world.
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The field is the world.
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The moral dignity of the missionary enterprise
I. The grandeur of the object. Survey the field geographically. Estimate the miseries of the world. Consider these human beings as immortal, and candidates for an eternity of happiness or misery.
II. The missionary undertaking is arduous enough to call into action the noblest energies of man. This enterprise requires consummate wisdom, unwavering perseverance, undaunted courage, sublime faith.
III. The means by which this moral revolution is to be effected. By the preaching of Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Contemplate the simplicity, benevolence, and efficacy of this means. (F. Wayland, D. D.)
The gospel sphere
I. Its geographical and statistical extent.
II. Its moral condition.
III. Its redeemed condition.
IV. Its glorious destination. A destiny of universal knowledge, righteousness, peace, felicity.
V. His commanding claims upon us. (J. Burns, D. D.)
I. The field is the world, because the commission of Christ does not restrict the publication of the gospel to any one class or nation.
II. The world is the field in which the Church is to sow the seed of the Word, because the world has been given to Christ her Head.
III. Because, however wide it may be, ample means exist for its cultivation.
IV. That the field to be cultivated by the Church is the world, is shown by the example of the inspired apostles.
V. Follows from the fact that the gospel is suited alike to all the nations of the world.
VI. The very nature of moral principle in the heart, of man requires that the Church regard the world as the field.
VII. The composition of the congregation assembled in heaven proves that the field is the world.
1. Send the gospel to all.
2. Value souls.
3. Cultivate a lively sympathy with the glory of Christ.
4. Lay the foundation of all usefulness in personal godliness. (J. Stewart.)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain world kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield "Mat 4:8").
world kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield "Mat 4:8").
kingdom (See Scofield "Mat 3:2").
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 13:38 The field is the world: The Kingdom includes…
13:38 The field is the world: The Kingdom includes all nations (28:16-20). • The people of the Kingdom are those who follow Jesus (13:11-17, 23; 21:43).
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