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


In Context

22 The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.

23 But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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

26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

27 "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'

Matthew 13:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:25But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:25but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:25but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel amongst the wheat, and went away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:25but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and departed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:25but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:25and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.