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Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:24 JFB -> Commentary on 13:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:24 PNT -> Commentary on 13:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:24 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:24 TFG -> Commentary on 13:24 TSK -> Commentary on 13:24 TSK -> Entry for 13:24 WEN -> Notes on 13:24 NTB -> Agriculture; Church; Gospel; Influence; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Sin; Tares TTT -> Parables WJD -> Devotional using 13:24 WJD -> Devotional using 13:24 13:24 - [In Context] Then Jesus used another story to teach them. Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a man that planted good seed in his field.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:25 JFB -> Commentary on 13:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:25 PNT -> Commentary on 13:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:25 TFG -> Commentary on 13:25 TSK -> Commentary on 13:25 TSK -> Entry for 13:25 WEN -> Notes on 13:25 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Influence; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Sin; Tares; Wheat TTT -> Devil, The EBD -> Hour; Tares SBD -> Tares WJD -> Devotional using 13:25 WJD -> Devotional using 13:25 13:25 - [In Context] That night, all the people were asleep. The man's enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat. Then the enemy went away.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:26 JFB -> Commentary on 13:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:26 PNT -> Commentary on 13:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:26 TFG -> Commentary on 13:26 TSK -> Commentary on 13:26 TSK -> Entry for 13:26 WEN -> Notes on 13:26 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Tares EBD -> Blade; Tares WJD -> Devotional using 13:26 WJD -> Devotional using 13:26 13:26 - [In Context] Later, the wheat grew and heads of grain grew on the wheat plants. But at the same time the weeds also grew.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:27 JFB -> Commentary on 13:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:27 PNT -> Commentary on 13:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:27 TSK -> Commentary on 13:27 TSK -> Entry for 13:27 WEN -> Notes on 13:27 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Tares TTT -> Compassion and Sympathy EBD -> Tares WJD -> Devotional using 13:27 WJD -> Devotional using 13:27 13:27 - [In Context] Then the man's servants came to him and said, 'You planted good seed in your field. Where did the weeds come from?'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:28 JFB -> Commentary on 13:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:28 PNT -> Commentary on 13:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:28 TSK -> Commentary on 13:28 TSK -> Entry for 13:28 WEN -> Notes on 13:28 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Tares; Weeding TTT -> Agriculture or Husbandry; Devil, The EBD -> Tares WJD -> Devotional using 13:28 WJD -> Devotional using 13:28 13:28 - [In Context] "The man answered, 'An enemy planted weeds.' "The servants asked, 'Do you want us to go pull the weeds?'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:29 JFB -> Commentary on 13:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:29 PNT -> Commentary on 13:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:29 TFG -> Commentary on 13:29 WEN -> Notes on 13:29 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Righteous; Sermon; Tares TTT -> Saints, Compared to EBD -> Tares WJD -> Devotional using 13:29 WJD -> Devotional using 13:29 13:29 - [In Context] "The man answered, 'No, because when you pull up the weeds, you might also pull up the wheat.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:30 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:30 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:30 JFB -> Commentary on 13:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:30 PNT -> Commentary on 13:30 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:30 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:30 TSK -> Commentary on 13:30 TSK -> Entry for 13:30 WEN -> Notes on 13:30 NTB -> Agriculture; Barn; Gospel; Heaven; Hell; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Kingdom Of Heaven; Righteous; Satan; Sermon; Tares; Wicked (People) TTT -> Agriculture or Husbandry; Harvest, The; Herbs, &c; Reaping; Saints, Compared to EBD -> Agriculture; Cockle; Grass; Harvest; Tares WJD -> Devotional using 13:30 WJD -> Devotional using 13:30 13:30 - [In Context] Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time. At the harvest time I will tell the workers this: First gather the weeds and tie them together to be burned. Then gather the wheat and bring it to my barn.'"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:31 JFB -> Commentary on 13:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:31 PNT -> Commentary on 13:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:31 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:31 TFG -> Commentary on 13:31 TSK -> Commentary on 13:31 TSK -> Entry for 13:31 WEN -> Notes on 13:31 NTB -> Church; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Mustard; Sermon TTT -> Parables EBD -> Grain; Mustard SBD -> Mustard WJD -> Devotional using 13:31 WJD -> Devotional using 13:31 13:31 - [In Context] Then Jesus told the people another story: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. A person plants that seed in his field.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:32 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:32 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:32 JFB -> Commentary on 13:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:32 PNT -> Commentary on 13:32 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:32 TFG -> Commentary on 13:32 TSK -> Commentary on 13:32 TSK -> Entry for 13:32 WEN -> Notes on 13:32 NTB -> Birds; Church; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Mustard; Sermon TTT -> Birds; Parables; Seed; Trees EBD -> Mustard WJD -> Devotional using 13:32 WJD -> Devotional using 13:32 13:32 - [In Context] That seed is one of the smallest of all seeds. But when the seed grows, it is one of the largest garden plants. It becomes a tree, big enough for the birds to come and make nests in its branches."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:33 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:33 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:33 JFB -> Commentary on 13:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:33 PNT -> Commentary on 13:33 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:33 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:33 TFG -> Commentary on 13:33 TSK -> Commentary on 13:33 TSK -> Entry for 13:33 WEN -> Notes on 13:33 NTB -> Bread; Church; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Leaven (Yeast); Regeneration; Sermon; Word Of God TTT -> Bread; Compassion and Sympathy; Leaven; Parables EBD -> Leaven; Measure SBD -> Bread; Weights and Measures WJD -> Devotional using 13:33 WJD -> Devotional using 13:33 13:33 - [In Context] Then Jesus told the people another story: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman mixes into a big bowl of flour to make bread. The yeast makes all the dough (bread) rise."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:34 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:34 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:34 JFB -> Commentary on 13:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:34 PNT -> Commentary on 13:34 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:34 TFG -> Commentary on 13:34 TSK -> Commentary on 13:34 TSK -> Entry for 13:34 WEN -> Notes on 13:34 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Sermon TTT -> Prophecies Respecting Christ WJD -> Devotional using 13:34 WJD -> Devotional using 13:34 13:34 - [In Context] Jesus used stories to tell all these things to the people. Jesus always used stories to teach the people.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:35 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:35 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:35 JFB -> Commentary on 13:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:35 PNT -> Commentary on 13:35 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:35 TFG -> Commentary on 13:35 TSK -> Commentary on 13:35 TSK -> Entry for 13:35 WEN -> Notes on 13:35 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Mysteries; Quotations And Allusions; Sermon TTT -> Foundation; Prophecies Respecting Christ WJD -> Devotional using 13:35 WJD -> Devotional using 13:35 13:35 - [In Context] This is the same as what the prophet F185 said: "I will speak using stories; I will tell things that have been secrets since the world was made." R14
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:36 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:36 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:36 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:36 JFB -> Commentary on 13:36 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:36 PNT -> Commentary on 13:36 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:36 TFG -> Commentary on 13:36 TSK -> Commentary on 13:36 TSK -> Entry for 13:36 WEN -> Notes on 13:36 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Sermon TTT -> Parables WJD -> Devotional using 13:36 WJD -> Devotional using 13:36 13:36 - [In Context] Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. His followers came to him and said, "Explain to us the meaning of the story about the weeds in the field."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:37 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:37 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:37 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:37 JFB -> Commentary on 13:37 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:37 PNT -> Commentary on 13:37 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:37 TSK -> Commentary on 13:37 TSK -> Entry for 13:37 WEN -> Notes on 13:37 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Sermon; Word Of God WJD -> Devotional using 13:37 WJD -> Devotional using 13:37 13:37 - [In Context] Jesus answered, "The person that planted the good seed in the field is the Son of Man. F186
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:38 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:38 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:38 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:38 JFB -> Commentary on 13:38 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:38 PNT -> Commentary on 13:38 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:38 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:38 TSK -> Commentary on 13:38 TSK -> Entry for 13:38 WEN -> Notes on 13:38 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Hell; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Righteous; Satan; Sermon; Sin; Tares; Wicked (People); Word Of God TTT -> Devil, The; Titles and Names of the Devil; Titles and Names of Saints; Titles and Names of the Wicked; Wicked, The, are compared to WJD -> Devotional using 13:38 WJD -> Devotional using 13:38 13:38 - [In Context] The field is the world. The good seed are all of God's children in the kingdom. The weeds are those people that belong to the Evil One (the devil).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:39 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:39 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:39 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:39 JFB -> Commentary on 13:39 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:39 PNT -> Commentary on 13:39 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:39 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:39 TSK -> Commentary on 13:39 TSK -> Entry for 13:39 WEN -> Notes on 13:39 NTB -> Agriculture; Angel (a spirit); Gospel; Harvest; Hell; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Satan; Sermon; Sin; Tares; Wicked (People) TTT -> Angels; Harvest, The; Reaping; Titles and Names of the Devil EBD -> Angel SBD -> Angels WJD -> Devotional using 13:39 WJD -> Devotional using 13:39 13:39 - [In Context] And the enemy that planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the end of the world. F187 And the workers that gather are God's angels.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:40 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:40 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:40 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:40 JFB -> Commentary on 13:40 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:40 PNT -> Commentary on 13:40 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:40 WEN -> Notes on 13:40 NTB -> Agriculture; Gospel; Hell; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Tares; Wicked (People) TTT -> Angels; Judgment, The WJD -> Devotional using 13:40 WJD -> Devotional using 13:40 13:40 - [In Context] "The weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire. It will be the same at the end of the world. F188
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:41 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:41 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:41 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:41 JFB -> Commentary on 13:41 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:41 PNT -> Commentary on 13:41 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:41 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:41 TSK -> Commentary on 13:41 TSK -> Entry for 13:41 WEN -> Notes on 13:41 NTB -> Agriculture; Angel (a spirit); Gospel; Hell; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Tares; Wicked (People) TTT -> Angels; Holiness of God, The; Judgment, The; Offence EBD -> Angel; Kingdom of God SBD -> Angels WJD -> Devotional using 13:41 WJD -> Devotional using 13:41 13:41 - [In Context] The Son of Man F189 will send his angels, and his angels will find the people that cause sin and all people that do evil. The angels will take those people out of his kingdom.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:42 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:42 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:42 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:42 JFB -> Commentary on 13:42 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:42 PNT -> Commentary on 13:42 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:42 TSK -> Commentary on 13:42 TSK -> Entry for 13:42 WEN -> Notes on 13:42 NTB -> Agriculture; Angel (a spirit); Fire; Furnace; Gnashing Of Teeth; Gospel; Hell; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Kingdom Of Heaven; Sermon; Sorrow; Tares; Teeth; Wailing; Wicked (People) TTT -> Angels; Fire; Hell; Judgment, The EBD -> Furnace; Hell WJD -> Devotional using 13:42 WJD -> Devotional using 13:42 13:42 - [In Context] The angels will throw those people into the place of fire. In that place the people will be crying and grinding their teeth {with pain}.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:43 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:43 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:43 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:43 JFB -> Commentary on 13:43 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:43 PNT -> Commentary on 13:43 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:43 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:43 TFG -> Commentary on 13:43 TSK -> Commentary on 13:43 TSK -> Entry for 13:43 WEN -> Notes on 13:43 NTB -> Adoption; Agriculture; God; Gospel; Heaven; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Kingdom Of Heaven; Righteous; Sermon TTT -> Adoption; Saints, Compared to; Sun, The WJD -> Devotional using 13:43 WJD -> Devotional using 13:43 13:43 - [In Context] Then the good people will shine like the sun. They will be in the kingdom of their Father. You people that hear me, listen!
FOOTNOTES: F185: prophet   A person that spoke for God. Sometimes a prophet told things that would happen in the future. F186: Son of Man   A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people. F187: world   Literally, "age," or "time." F188: world   Literally, "age," or "time." F189: Son of Man   A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people.
CROSS REFERENCES: R14: Psalm 78:2

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.