Matthew 13:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Field

The good

The children of the wicked

General references

Matthew 25:2

Bible References

Field

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

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

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their fame went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

but now is made manifest, and by the writings of the prophets, by the commandment of God eternal, declared unto all the Gentiles, that they might hear and obey by faith,

which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day ye heard it and knew the grace of God in truth,

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel that he might evangelize those that dwell on the earth and every nation and kindred and tongue and people,

The good

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

With all this the LORD chose to bruise him; subjecting him to grief. When he shall have offered his soul for atonement, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the will of the LORD shall be prospered in his hand.

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon Loruhamah, , and I will say to Loammi, , Thou art my people; and he shall say, Thou art my God.

I will hiss for them and gather them; for I have ransomed them; and they shall be multiplied as they were multiplied.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on his name,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.

and if sons, also heirs certainly of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together with him.

He, of his own will, has begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be the firstfruits of his creatures.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world that they might be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those that love him?

being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.

Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be; but we know that if he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

The children of the wicked

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who was planted beside the way.

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed; that seed shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father ye desire to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

and said, O full of all deception and all licentiousness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ;

He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the works of the devil.

General references

And five of them were prudent, and five were foolish.