Matthew 13:25

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

That night, while everyone was asleep, the man’s enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat and then left.

Cross References

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy, and he goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to attack and eat.

2 Peter 2:1

In the past there were false prophets among God’s people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will teach things that are wrong—ideas that will cause people to be lost. And they will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to follow the Master who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves.

Matthew 13:39

And the enemy who planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest is the end of time. And the workers who gather are God’s angels.

Revelation 12:9

It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth.

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no one fails to get God’s grace. Be careful that no one loses their faith and becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. Someone like that can ruin your whole group.

Matthew 25:5

When the bridegroom was very late, the girls could not keep their eyes open, and they all fell asleep.

Galatians 2:4

We needed to talk about these problems, because some who pretended to be our brothers had come into our group secretly. They came in like spies to find out about the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves,

Revelation 2:20

But I have this against you: You let that woman Jezebel do what she wants. She says that she is a prophet, but she is leading my people away with her teaching. Jezebel leads my people to commit sexual sins and to eat food that is offered to idols.

Revelation 13:14

This second beast fooled the people living on earth by using the miracles that he had been given the power to do for the first beast. He ordered people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the sword but did not die.

Matthew 13:24

Then Jesus used another story to teach them. Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like a man who planted good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:26

Later, the wheat grew, and heads of grain grew on the plants. But at the same time the weeds also grew.

Matthew 13:27

Then the man’s servants came to him and said, ‘You planted good seed in your field. Where did the weeds come from?’

Matthew 13:29

“He answered, ‘No, because when you pull up the weeds, you might also pull up the wheat.

Matthew 13:30

Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time. At the harvest time I will tell the workers this: First, gather the weeds and tie them together to be burned. Then gather the wheat and bring it to my barn.’”

1 Kings 3:20

That night while I was asleep, she took my son from my bed and carried him to her bed. Then she put the dead baby in my bed.