Matthew 13:38
Good News Translation
the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;

New Revised Standard Version
the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one,

Contemporary English Version
The field is the world, and the good seeds are the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one,

New American Bible
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle are the children of the wicked one.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle are the children of the wicked one.

field.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.

Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. . . .

Mark 16:15-20 And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature. . . .

Luke 24:47 And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Romans 10:18 But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the whole world.

Romans 16:26 (Which now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the precept of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith) known among all nations:

Colossians 1:6 Which is come unto you, as also it is in the whole world and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, even as it doth in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth.

Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel, to preach unto them that sit upon the earth and over every nation and tribe and tongue and people:

the good.

Psalm 22:30 And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.

Isaiah 53:10 And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a longlived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand.

Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have mercy on her that was without mercy. [24] And I will say to that which is not my people: Thou art my people: and they shall say: Thou art my God.

Zechariah 10:8,9 I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them: and I will multiply them as they were multiplied before. . . .

John 1:12,13 But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. . . .

John 12:24 Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die,

Romans 8:17 And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed of God and joint heirs with Christ: yet so, if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.

James 1:18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creature.

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.

1 John 3:2,9 Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is. . . .

the children of the wicked.

Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.

Genesis 3:15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Acts 13:10 Said: O full of all guile and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceases not to pervert the right ways of the Lord.

Philippians 3:18,19 For many walk, of whom I have told you often (and now tell you weeping) that they are enemies of the cross of Christ: . . .

1 John 3:8,10 He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Weeds Explained
37Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man. 38And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle are the children of the wicked one. 39And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:37
But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

Matthew 8:12
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Acts 13:10
Said: O full of all guile and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceases not to pervert the right ways of the Lord.

1 John 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just is not of God, or he that loveth not his brother.

Matthew 13:37
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