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23 And the one having been sown the seed on the good soil— this person is the one hearing the word and understanding[a] it, who indeed[b] is bearing-fruit[c] and producing: one a hundred, and another sixty, and another thirty”.

A Field Is Sown With Good And Bad Seed: At Harvest The Weeds Will Be Burned

24 He put-before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens became-like[d] a man having sown good seed in his field. 25 But during the men’s sleeping, his enemy came and re-sowed[e] darnel[f] between the wheat, and went away.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:23 This is in contrast with the first soil, v 19.
  2. Matthew 13:23 Or, now, at this time; or, therefore.
  3. Matthew 13:23 This is in contrast with the second two soils.
  4. Matthew 13:24 Or, was like. Jesus may be speaking prophetically from the point of view of the end of the age; or, He may mean this in a timeless sense, ‘is like’.
  5. Matthew 13:25 Or, over-sowed.
  6. Matthew 13:25 This is a weed that is indistinguishable from wheat in its early stages.

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