Matthew 13:22-24
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
22 And the one having been sown the seed into the thorns— this person is the one hearing the word, and the anxiety[a] of the age[b] and the deceitfulness[c] of riches is choking the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 23 And the one having been sown the seed on the good soil— this person is the one hearing the word and understanding[d] it, who indeed[e] is bearing-fruit[f] 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[g] a man having sown good seed in his field.
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- Matthew 13:22 Or, concern, care.
- Matthew 13:22 Or, world; that is, this life.
- Matthew 13:22 Or, deception.
- Matthew 13:23 This is in contrast with the first soil, v 19.
- Matthew 13:23 Or, now, at this time; or, therefore.
- Matthew 13:23 This is in contrast with the second two soils.
- 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’.
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