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

Other Translations of Matthew 13:25

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weedsProbably darnel, a wheat-like weed among the wheat and went away.

The Message

25 That night, while his hired men were asleep, his enemy sowed thistles all through the wheat and slipped away before dawn.

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

25 But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 13:25

Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30

(Read Matthew 13:24-30)

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 servants complained to their master; Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? No doubt he did; whatever is amiss in the church, we are sure it is not from Christ. Though gross transgressors, and such as openly oppose the gospel, ought to be separated from the society of the faithful, yet no human skill can make an exact separation. Those who oppose must not be cut off, but instructed, and that with meekness. And though good and bad are together in this world, yet at the great day they shall be parted; then the righteous and the wicked shall be plainly known; here sometimes it is hard to distinguish between them. Let us, knowing the terrors of the Lord, not do iniquity. At death, believers shall shine forth to themselves; at the great day they shall shine forth before all the world. They shall shine by reflection, with light borrowed from the Fountain of light. Their sanctification will be made perfect, and their justification published. May we be found of that happy number.