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 testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.

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

And he said to 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 at Jerusalem.

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

But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

Which is come to you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and language, and people,

The good

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

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them who were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

I will hiss for them, and gather them: for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

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

Verily, verily, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer with him, that we may be glorified together.

Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

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

The children of the wicked

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.

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

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

And said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou child 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 committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

General references

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