Matthew 13:29

Matthew 13:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.

Context of Matthew 13:29

27So the farmer's servants came to speak to him. “Master, you planted only good seeds in your field but now many weeds are also growing there. How did this happen?” they asked him. 28The farmer said to his servants, “A bad person who does not like me has done this.” So the servants then asked the farmer, “Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?” The farmer replied, “No, I do not want you to do that. If you pull up the weeds, you may also pull up some of the good wheat plants. 30Let the good plants and the weeds grow up together. At harvest time, I will tell the workers to cut down the weeds first. Then they will tie them together and burn them. Then they will cut the wheat and bring it into my building. I will store it there.” ’ 31Jesus told the people another story. He said, ‘I will tell you again what the kingdom of heaven is like. It is like a very small seed of the plant called mustard. A man took this seed and he planted it in his field.

Matthew 13:29 word by word

ὁ δέ φησιν· οὔ, μήποτε συλλέγοντες τὰ ζιζάνια ἐκριζώσητε ἅμα αὐτοῖς τὸν σῖτον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• he saidφημίphēmi · to assertG5346
• Nayοὐou · noG3756
• lestμήποτεmēpote mē pote · lestG3379
• while ye gather upσυλλέγωsullegō · to collectG4816
• the taresζιζάνιονzizanion · weedG2215
• ye root up alsoἐκριζόωekrizoō · to uprootG1610
• the wheatσῖτοςsitos · grainG4621
• withἅμαhama · togetherG260
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Commentaries on Matthew 13:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29But he said, Nay - God judges quite otherwise than men of this mixture of good and evil in the world; he knows the good which he intends to produce from it, and how far his patience towards the wicked should extend, in order to their conversion, or the farther sanctification of the righteous. Men often persecute a true Christian, while they intend only to prosecute an impious person. "A zeal for the extirpation of heretics and wicked men," said a pious…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-30Verses 24-30 The kingdom of heaven is likened … - That is, the “gospel resembles.” The kingdom of heaven (see the notes at Matthew 3:2) means here the effect of the gospel by its being preached. The meaning of this parable is plain. The field represents the “world,” in which the gospel is preached. The “good seed,” the truths preached by Christ and his apostles. Matthew 13:25 While men slept, his enemy came … - That is, “in the night,” when it could be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-30Verses 24-30 , 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may go his way, they will spring up, and do hurt; whereas, when good seed is sown, it must be tended, watered, and fenced. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-30Jesus rebuked the sons of Zebedee for wanting to destroy villages that did not believe in him (Luke 9:54–55). He told his disciples not to seek revenge against enemies. Judgment is God's responsibility (see Matthew 7:1–5). Jesus urges his disciples to wait patiently for God's righteous judgment ("the harvest"; see Luke 13:6–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. But he said, Nay--"It will be done in due time, but not now, nor is it your business." lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them--Nothing could more clearly or forcibly teach the difficulty of distinguishing the two classes, and the high probability that in the attempt to do so these will be confounded.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 13:29

• Agriculture
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• Kingdom of Heaven
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• Tares

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Commentaries on Matthew 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings