Matthew 13:38 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁸ the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ The field is the world, and the good seed means the children of the kingdom; the darnel is the children of the evil one,

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;

Common English Bible

³⁸ The field is the world. And the good seeds are the followers of the kingdom. But the weeds are the followers of the evil one.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ And the field, is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one.

Matthew 13:38 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

Psalm 22:30

Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,

Isaiah 53:10

Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand;

Hosea 2:23

and I will sow him for myself in the land. And I will have pity on Not pitied, and I will say to Not my people, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘Thou art my God.’ ”

Matthew 13:19

When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path.

Matthew 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all nations; and then the end will come.

Matthew 5:37

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Matthew 8:12

while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.”

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 12:24

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

Romans 10:18

But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Romans 8:17

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Colossians 1:6

which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing—so among yourselves, from the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth,

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;