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Matthew 13:25

But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

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ASV

but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

KJV

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐνenInG1722 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
τῷtōthe [time]G3588 →
καθεύδεινkatheudeinto sleepG2518 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpousmenG444 →
ἦλθενēlthencameG2064 →
αὐτοῦautouhisG846 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
ἐχθρὸςechthrosenemyG2190 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐπέσπειρενepespeirenover-sowed
ζιζάνιαzizaniaweedsG2215 →
ἀνὰanain [the]G303 →
μέσονmesonmidstG3319 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
σίτουsitouwheatG4621 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀπῆλθεν.apēlthenwent away.G565 →

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1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Acts 20:30–31Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.Matthew 13:39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.Matthew 25:5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.2 Timothy 4:3–5For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.2 Corinthians 11:13–15For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.Isaiah 56:9–10Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.1 Kings 3:20So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.Revelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.Revelation 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.Nehemiah 13:6While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

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