25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[a] among the wheat and went away.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:25 Probably darnel, a wheat-like weed

25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

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(A)Be sober-minded; (B)be watchful. Your (C)adversary the devil (D)prowls around (E)like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Be alert and of sober mind.(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around(B) like a roaring lion(C) looking for someone to devour.

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30 and (A)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore (B)be alert, remembering that (C)for three years I did not cease night or day (D)to admonish every one (E)with tears.

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30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(A) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(B) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(C)

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False Prophets and Teachers

But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. (A)The harvest is (B)the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

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39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(A) is the end of the age,(B) and the harvesters are angels.(C)

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And (A)the great dragon was thrown down, (B)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, (C)the deceiver of the whole world—(D)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(A) called the devil,(B) or Satan,(C) who leads the whole world astray.(D) He was hurled to the earth,(E) and his angels with him.

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15 See to it that no one (A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

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15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(A) and that no bitter root(B) grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

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As the bridegroom (A)was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

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The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.(A)

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(A)For the time is coming when people will not endure (B)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and (C)will turn away from listening to the truth and (D)wander off into myths. As for you, (E)always be sober-minded, (F)endure suffering, do the work of (G)an evangelist, (H)fulfill your ministry.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.(A) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.(B) They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(C) But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship,(D) do the work of an evangelist,(E) discharge all the duties of your ministry.

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(A)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who (B)slipped in to spy out (C)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, (D)so that they might bring us into slavery—

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This matter arose because some false believers(A) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on(B) the freedom(C) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.

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13 For such men are (A)false apostles, (B)deceitful workmen, (C)disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as (D)an angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as (E)servants of righteousness. (F)Their end will correspond to their deeds.

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13 For such people are false apostles,(A) deceitful(B) workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.(C) 14 And no wonder, for Satan(D) himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.(E)

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Israel's Irresponsible Leaders

(A)All you beasts of the field, come to devour—
    all you beasts in the forest.
10 (B)His watchmen are blind;
    they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent (C)dogs;
    they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
    loving to slumber.

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God’s Accusation Against the Wicked

Come, all you beasts of the field,(A)
    come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10 Israel’s watchmen(B) are blind,
    they all lack knowledge;(C)
they are all mute dogs,
    they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
    they love to sleep.(D)

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20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman (A)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants (B)to practice sexual immorality and (C)to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,(A) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.(B)

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