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Matthew 13:36

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.

KJV

Τότε ἀφεὶς τοὺς ὄχλους ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν. καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολὴν τῶν ζιζανίων τοῦ ἀγροῦ.

Greek NT

Tunc, dimissis turbis, venit in domum : et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus, dicentes : Edissere nobis parabolam zizaniorum agri.

Vulgate

Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

ASV

Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζιζάνιον
zizanion
noun · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οἰκία
oikia
noun · 94×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
φράζω
phrazo
verb · 2×
ἀγρός
agros
noun · 36×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: οἰκίαν | WH/Treg/NIV: οἰκίαν | RP: + ὁ Ἰησοῦς
  • οἰκίανSBLGNT
  • οἰκίανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁ ἸησοῦςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Διασάφησον | WH/Treg/NIV: Διασάφησον | RP: Φράσον
  • ΔιασάφησονSBLGNT
  • ΔιασάφησονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΦράσονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame Philippians 3:19, said Paul of certain persons, writing to the Philippians. Now that the Jews were of this character is clear, both from what has gone before, and from what they came and said to Christ. For when He gave them bread, and filled their bellies, they said that He was a Prophet, and sought to make Him a K…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
  • Acts 8:34 — And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
  • John 16:17 — Then 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
  • Luke 8:9 — And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
  • Mark 4:10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
  • Mark 4:34 — But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
  • Mark 7:17 — And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
  • Matt 9:28 — And 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.
  • Matt 13:11 — He 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.
  • Matt 15:15 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
  • Zech 4:4 — So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?