And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
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Gill's Exposition
And when he sowed,.... Or, "as he sowed", as the other evangelists; that is, "whilst he was sowing",
some seeds fell; either out of his hand, or out of the cart drawn by oxen; hence the (c)…
In parables - The word “parable” is derived from a Greek word signifying “to compare together,” and denotes a similitude taken from a natural object to illustrate a spiritual or moral subject. It is a…
We have here Christ preaching, and may observe,
1. When Christ preached this sermon; it was the same day that he preached the sermon in the foregoing chapter: so unwearied was he in doing good, and…
The Parable of the Tares. Confined to St Matthew
25. while men slept i. e. during the night. The expression is not introduced into the Lord's explanation of the parable.
sowed tares Travellers mention…