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


In Context

22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.|

24 He set another parable before them, saying, |The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

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

26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

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 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.