When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
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Gill's Exposition
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. God gives the husbandman instruction and discretion how to sow his seed, at what time, and in a proper place; for this refers to what…
Barnes' Notes
When he hath made plain ... - That is, when he has leveled, or made smooth the surface of the ground by harrowing, or rolling it. Doth he not scatter abroad - He does not sow one kind of grain merely,…
This parable, which (like many of our Saviour's parables) is borrowed from the husbandman's calling, is ushered in with a solemn preface demanding attention, He that has ears to hear, let him hear,…
Cambridge Bible
fitches(R.V. marg. black cummin [Nigella sativa) and cummin[Cuminum sativum are both mentioned only in this passage. Note the different methods of sowing; scatter (of the fitches), sow (of the…