Matthew 13:25

Good News Translation

One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:20

She got up during the night, took my son from my side while I was asleep, and carried him to her bed; then she put the dead child in my bed.

Matthew 13:24

Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:26

When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up.

Matthew 13:27

The man's servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?’

Matthew 13:29

‘No,’ he answered, ‘because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.

Matthew 13:30

Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.’”

Matthew 13:39

and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels.

Matthew 25:5

The bridegroom was late in coming, so they began to nod and fall asleep.

Galatians 2:4

although some wanted it done. Pretending to be believers, these men slipped into our group as spies, in order to find out about the freedom we have through our union with Christ Jesus. They wanted to make slaves of us,

Hebrews 12:15

Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.

1 Peter 5:8

Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

2 Peter 2:1

False prophets appeared in the past among the people, and in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in destructive, untrue doctrines, and will deny the Master who redeemed them, and so they will bring upon themselves sudden destruction.

Revelation 12:9

The huge dragon was thrown out—that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.

Revelation 13:14

And it deceived all the people living on earth by means of the miracles which it was allowed to perform in the presence of the first beast. The beast told them to build an image in honor of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation 2:20

But this is what I have against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a messenger of God. By her teaching she misleads my servants into practicing sexual immorality and eating food that has been offered to idols.