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

1 John 3:2

The children of the wicked

1 John 3:8

General references

Matthew 25:2

Bible References

Field

And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.

And Jesus coming near spoke to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and on the earth;

And he said to them, Go into all the world, preach the good news to all the creation;

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

But I say, Did they not hear? Yes indeed; their voice went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

but made manifest now by the scriptures of the prophets, by the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of the faith among all nations,

which is present with you as also in all the world, and is fruitful and increases, as also with you, from the day that you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the eternal gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,

The good

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

I tell you most truly, that unless the kernel of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it continues alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.

Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit of his creatures.

Hear, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

having been born again, not from destructible seed but from indestructible, through the word of God which lives and endures.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. 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 any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way.

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of him [that lies].

said, O full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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

he that commits sin is of the devil, for the devil sinned from the beginning. For this was the Son of God manifested, to destroy the works of the devil.

General references

and five of them were foolish, and five wise.