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Matthew 13:25

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “over-sowed” (ἐπέσπειρεν) before weeds here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “sowed” (ἔσπειρεν) before weeds here.

ἐνenwhileἐνpreposition — “while”G1722in, on, among.whileδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.καθεύδεινkatheudeinto sleptκαθεύδω (katheudō)verb, present active infinitive — “to slept”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2518I sleep, am sleeping.sleptτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpousa humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “a human”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.ἦλθενēlthencameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐχθρὸςechthrosenemyἐχθρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “enemy”, the subject formG2190hated, hostile; subst: an enemy.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπέσπειρενepespeirensowedἐπισπείρω (epispeirō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “sowed”, a single actionG6037to sow abovesowedζιζάνιαzizaniataresζιζάνιον (zizanion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “tares”, the object formG2215spurious wheat, darnel; a plant that grows in Palestine which resembles wheat in many ways but is worthless.taresἀνὰanaamongἀνάpreposition — “among”G303prep. Rare in NT; prop: upwards, up; among, between; in turn; apiece, by; as a prefix: up, to, anew, back.amongμέσονmesonmidstμέσος (mesos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “midst”, the object formG3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σίτουsitouwheatσῖτος (sitos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “wheat”, the of-formG4621wheat, grain.This verse uses “wheat”.the wheatκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀπῆλθενapēlthenwent his wayἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “went his way”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.went his way

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ἔσπειρενespeirensowedσπείρω (speirō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “sowed”, a single actionG4687I sow, spread, scatter.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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