Mat 13:25 but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
Mat 13:26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
Mat 13:27 And the servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?’
Mat 13:28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
Mat 13:29 But he said, ‘No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'”
| 30 863 [e] 30 aphete 30 ἄφετε 30 Allow 30 V-AMA-2P |
| 4885 [e] synauxanesthai συναυξάνεσθαι to grow together V-PNM/P |
| , harvesters N-DMP |
| 4816 [e] Syllexate Συλλέξατε Gather V-AMA-2P |
| 4412 [e] prōton πρῶτον first Adv-S |
| 3588 [e] ta τὰ the Art-ANP |
| 2215 [e] zizania ζιζάνια , weeds N-ANP |
| 2532 [e] kai καὶ and Conj |
| 1210 [e] dēsate δήσατε bind V-AMA-2P |
| 846 [e] auta αὐτὰ them PPro-AN3P |
| 1519 [e] eis εἰς into Prep |
| 1197 [e] desmas δέσμας bundles N-AFP |
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What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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