Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
KJV
Ἄλλην παραβολὴν παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς λέγων· ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ σπείραντι καλὸν σπέρμα ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Aliam parabolam proposuit illis, dicens : Simile factum est regnum cælorum homini, qui seminavit bonum semen in agro suo :
Vulgate
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:
ASV
Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
καλός
kalos
adjective · 100×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
παρατίθημι
paratithemi
verb · 19×
σπέρμα
sperma
noun · 44×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
ἀγρός
agros
noun · 36×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοιόω
omoioo
verb · 15×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: σπείραντι | WH/Treg/NIV: σπείραντι | RP: σπείροντι
- σπείραντι — SBLGNT
- σπείραντι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- σπείροντι — Robinson-Pierpont
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Themes
Parable
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§827"Christ, 'holy, innocent, and undefiled,' knew nothing of sin, but came only to expiate the sins of the people. the Church, however, clasping sinners to her bosom, at once holy and always in need of purification, follows constantly the path of penance and renewal."299 All members of the Church, including her ministers, must acknowledge that they are sinners.300 In everyone, the…
2. Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed. That is, since He had said, that of the crop three parts are lost, and but one saved, and in the very part again which is saved so great damage ensues; lest they should say, And who, and how many will be the faithful? this fear again He removes, by the parable of the mus…
Mediator Dei · 2 passages
§181Any inspiration to follow and practice extraordinary exercises of piety must most certainly come from the Father of Lights, from whom every good and perfect gift descends;[166] and, of course, the criterion of this will be the effectiveness of these exercises in making the divine cult loved and spread daily ever more widely, and in making the faithful approach the sacraments wi…
§203But in all these matters, it is essential that you watch vigilantly lest the enemy come into the field of the Lord and sow cockle among the wheat;[181] in other words, do not let your flocks be deceived by the subtle and dangerous errors of false mysticism or quietism - as you know We have already condemned these errors;[182] also do not let a certain dangerous "humanism" lead …
He showed me a large willow tree, overshadowing plains and mountains, and under the shade of the willow all have come who are called by the name of the Lord. And by the willow there stood an angel of the Lord, glorious and very tall, having a great sickle, cutting branches from the willow, and giving them to the people that were overshadowed by the willow.
We believe that what is called, or rather is, the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, containeth generally all the faithful in Christ, those who, having already departed, are in the Church Triumphant, and those still living and militant on earth, the Church Militant. And since the Church Militant is composed of men, it is subject to have those in its communion who are stumbling…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:23 — Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- Col 1:5 — For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
- Ezek 17:2 — Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
- Gen 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Judg 14:12 — And 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
- Luke 8:5 — A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
- Luke 13:18 — Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- Luke 13:20 — And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
- Mark 4:26 — And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
- Mark 4:26 — And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
- Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matt 4:17 — From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matt 4:23 — And 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.
- Matt 13:19 — When 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 13:31 — Another 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:
- Matt 13:31 — Another 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:
- Matt 13:33 — Another 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.
- Matt 13:37 — He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
- Matt 13:37 — He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
- Matt 13:44 — Again, 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 13:44 — Again, 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 13:45 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
- Matt 13:47 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
- Matt 18:23 — Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
- Matt 18:23 — Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
- Matt 20:1 — For 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 20:1 — For 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 21:33 — Hear 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
- Matt 22:2 — The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
- Matt 22:2 — The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
- Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.