King James Version

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἀγρόςagrosfieldἀγρόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “field”, the subject formG68a field, especially as bearing a crop; the country, lands, property in land, a country estate.The fieldἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κόσμοςkosmosworldκόσμοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “world”, the subject formG2889the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.the worldτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.καλὸνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “good”, the subject formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.the goodσπέρμαspermaseedσπέρμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “seed”, the subject formG4690(a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents.This verse uses “seed”.seedοὗτοίhoutoiareοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “are”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.areεἰσινeisinareεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.areοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱοὶhuioichildrenυἱός (huios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “children”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.the childrenτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείαςbasileiaskingdomβασιλεία (basileia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the of-formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ζιζάνιάzizaniaweedζιζάνιον (zizanion)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “weed”, the subject formG2215spurious wheat, darnel; a plant that grows in Palestine which resembles wheat in many ways but is worthless.εἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱοὶhuioisonυἱός (huios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πονηροῦponērouof the wickedπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the wicked”, the of-formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “wicked”.of the wicked

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one ;

Young’s Literal Translation

and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

World English Bible

the field is the world , the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one .

Darby Translation

and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one];

Douay-Rheims

And the field, is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one.

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