Matthew Chapter 13 verse 25 Holy Bible
but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.
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But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
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but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel amongst the wheat, and went away.
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But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
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but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel{darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat, and went away.
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and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - But while men slept. Not in the explanation. If more than merely a part of the necessary framework of the story, it points to the secrecy with which the devil works. His enemy came. This form of malice is still well known in the East (cf. Exell's 'Biblical Illustrator,' in loc.). And sowed. Sowed over or in (ἐπέσπειρεν). Tares; i.e. bearded darnel, Lolium temulentum, "a kind of rye grass, and the only species of the grass family the seeds of which are poisonous. The derivation of zauan [ζιζάνια] is from zan, 'vomiting,' the effect of eating darnel being to produce violent nausea, convulsions, and diarrhoea, which frequently ends in death" (Tristram, 'Nat. Hist. of Bible,' p. 487, edit. 1889). Among the wheat, and went his way; went away (Revised Version, ἀπῆλθεν).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25, 26) His enemy came and sowed tares.--The act described was then--and still is--a common form of Eastern malice or revenge. It easily escaped detection. It inflicted both loss and trouble. The "enemy" had the satisfaction of brooding for weeks or months over the prospect of the injury he had inflicted, and the vexation it would cause when discovered. The tares, known to botanists as the Lolium temulentum, or darnel, grew up at first with stalk and blade like the wheat; and it was not till fructification began that the difference was easily detected. It adds to the point of the parable to remember that the seeds of the tares were not merely useless as food, but were positively noxious.
