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Matthew 13:25

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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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  1. Matthew 13:23

    But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

  2. Matthew 13:24

    Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

  3. Matthew 13:26

    But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

  4. Matthew 13:27

    So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

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