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Matthew 13:36–39

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Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
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From verse 36

  1. John 16:17–20Rank 1 from verse 36
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    17Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

    18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

    19Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

    20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

  2. Matthew 13:11Rank 2 from verse 36
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    11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  3. Mark 6:45Rank 3 from verse 36
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    45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

  4. Mark 7:17Rank 4 from verse 36
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    17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

  5. Mark 8:9Rank 5 from verse 36
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    9And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

  6. Matthew 13:1Rank 6 from verse 36
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    1THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

  7. Matthew 15:15–16Rank 7 from verse 36
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    15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

    16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

  8. Matthew 9:28Rank 8 from verse 36
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    28And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

  9. Matthew 14:22Rank 9 from verse 36
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    22¶ And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

  10. Matthew 15:39Rank 10 from verse 36
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    39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

  11. Mark 4:34Rank 11 from verse 36
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    34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

From verse 37

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:5–7Rank 1 from verse 37
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    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

    6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

    7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

  2. Acts 1:8Rank 2 from verse 37
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    8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

  3. Luke 10:16Rank 3 from verse 37
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    16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

  4. Matthew 13:24Rank 4 from verse 37
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    24¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

  5. Matthew 13:27Rank 5 from verse 37
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    27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

  6. Matthew 13:41Rank 6 from verse 37
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    41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

  7. John 13:20Rank 7 from verse 37
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    20Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

  8. John 20:21Rank 8 from verse 37
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    21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

  9. Matthew 10:40Rank 9 from verse 37
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    40¶ He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

  10. Matthew 16:13–16Rank 10 from verse 37
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    13¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

    14And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

    15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

    16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  11. Matthew 8:20Rank 11 from verse 37
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    20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

  12. Romans 15:18Rank 12 from verse 37
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    18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

  13. Hebrews 1:1Rank 13 from verse 37
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    1GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

  14. Hebrews 2:3Rank 14 from verse 37
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    3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

From verse 38

  1. John 8:44Rank 1 from verse 38
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    44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

  2. Acts 13:10Rank 2 from verse 38
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    10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

  3. Philippians 3:18–19Rank 3 from verse 38
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    18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

    19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

  4. 1 John 3:8–10Rank 4 from verse 38
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    8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  5. 1 Peter 1:23Rank 5 from verse 38
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    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  6. Genesis 3:15Rank 6 from verse 38
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    15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  7. James 1:18Rank 7 from verse 38
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    18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  8. Matthew 13:19Rank 8 from verse 38
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    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.

  9. 1 John 3:2Rank 9 from verse 38
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    2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  10. Colossians 1:6Rank 10 from verse 38
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    6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

  11. Hosea 2:23Rank 11 from verse 38
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    23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

  12. Isaiah 53:10Rank 12 from verse 38
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    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  13. James 2:5Rank 13 from verse 38
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    5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

  14. John 1:12–13Rank 14 from verse 38
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    12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

    13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  15. John 12:24Rank 15 from verse 38
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    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

  16. Luke 24:47Rank 16 from verse 38
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    47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

  17. Matthew 24:14Rank 17 from verse 38
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    14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

  18. Psalms 22:30Rank 18 from verse 38
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    30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

  19. Romans 10:18Rank 19 from verse 38
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    18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

  20. Romans 8:17Rank 20 from verse 38
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    17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

  21. Zechariah 10:8–9Rank 21 from verse 38
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    8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

    9And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

  22. Mark 16:15–20Rank 22 from verse 38
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    15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

    16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

    17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

    18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

    19¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

    20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

  23. Matthew 28:18–20Rank 23 from verse 38
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    18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

    19¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  24. Revelation 14:6Rank 24 from verse 38
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    6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

  25. Romans 16:26Rank 25 from verse 38
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    26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

From verse 39

  1. Matthew 13:49Rank 1 from verse 39
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    49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

  2. Revelation 14:15–19Rank 2 from verse 39
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    15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

    16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

    17And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

    18And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

    19And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

  3. Matthew 25:31Rank 3 from verse 39
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    31¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

  4. Joel 3:13Rank 4 from verse 39
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    13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

  5. Revelation 19:20Rank 5 from verse 39
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    20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

  6. 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10Rank 6 from verse 39
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    7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

    10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

  7. Matthew 13:25Rank 7 from verse 39
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    25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

  8. Matthew 24:3Rank 8 from verse 39
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    3¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

  9. Revelation 12:9Rank 9 from verse 39
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    9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  10. Revelation 13:14Rank 10 from verse 39
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    14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

  11. 1 Peter 5:8Rank 11 from verse 39
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  12. Ephesians 6:11–12Rank 12 from verse 39
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    11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

    12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

  13. Hebrews 9:26Rank 13 from verse 39
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    26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  14. 2 Corinthians 11:13–15Rank 14 from verse 39
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    13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

    14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

    15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

  15. 2 Corinthians 11:3Rank 15 from verse 39
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    3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  16. 2 Corinthians 2:17Rank 16 from verse 39
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    17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

  17. 2 Thessalonians 2:8–11Rank 17 from verse 39
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    8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

    9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

  18. Daniel 7:10Rank 18 from verse 39
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    10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

  19. Ephesians 2:2Rank 19 from verse 39
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    2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

  20. Jude 1:14Rank 20 from verse 39
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    14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

  21. Matthew 13:28Rank 21 from verse 39
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    28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

  22. Matthew 28:20Rank 22 from verse 39
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    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  23. Revelation 20:2–3Rank 23 from verse 39
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    2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

    3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

  24. Revelation 20:7–10Rank 24 from verse 39
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    7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

    8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

    9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

    10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

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Matthew 13:36

COMBINED MEANING

multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

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COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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declare

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To make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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parable

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A figurative saying, comparison, or narrative that sets one matter beside another to convey meaning.

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Matthew 13:37

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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soweth

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Sense 1: Third-person singular present form of sow, meaning to scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Matthew 13:38

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 13:39

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sowed

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of sow, meaning to scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

devil

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Sense 1: The Devil: Satan, the old serpent, the enemy, adversary, tempter, and deceiver. Sense 2: An evil or unclean spirit. Sense 3: By figure, a person characterized by great wickedness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

angels

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Sense 1: Messengers. Sense 2: Heavenly or spiritual messengers, whether holy or fallen as stated.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

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13:37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

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13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

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13:39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

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13:40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

13:41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

13:42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

13:43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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