SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:28
Y l les dijo: El hombre enemigo ha hecho esto. Y los siervos le dijeron: ¿Quieres, pues, que vayamos y la cojamos?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:28
Verse 28. An enemy hath done this] It is the interest of Satan to introduce hypocrites and wicked persons into religious societies, in order to discredit the work of God, and to favour his own designs. Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?] A zeal which is rash and precipitate is as much to be feared as the total lack of strict discipline.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 28. He said unto them, an enemy has done this , etc.] This is the answer of the householder to the question of his servants. In the Greek text it is, an enemy man; and is so rendered in the several versions; meaning, not that the enemy was a man; for he was the devil, as in ( Matthew 13:39) but it is an Hebraism; such as in ( Esther 7:6), bywaw rx ya , the man adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman; and signifies a certain enemy, and one indeed that is an implacable enemy to man. The servants said unto him, wilt thou then that we go and gather them up ? which words express the concern of the ministers of Christ for the true members of the church, comparable to wheat, lest they should receive any damage by the ill examples, and pernicious principles of evil men among them; also their detestation and abhorrence of men of wicked lives and erroneous principles; they cannot bear them which are evil; likewise, they show great regard to the glory of God, and interest of religion, and their readiness to execute any orders Christ should give them; but not willing to proceed of themselves, ask counsel and advice of him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-30 - , 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may go his way, they wil spring up, and do hurt; whereas, when good seed is sown, it must be tended, watered, and fenced. The servants complained to their master Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? No doubt he did whatever is amiss in the church, we are sure it is not from Christ Though gross transgressors, and such as openly oppose the gospel, ough to be separated from the society of the faithful, yet no human skil can make an exact separation. Those who oppose must not be cut off, but instructed, and that with meekness. And though good and bad ar together in this world, yet at the great day they shall be parted; the the righteous and the wicked shall be plainly known; here sometimes it is hard to distinguish between them. Let us, knowing the terrors of the Lord, not do iniquity. At death, believers shall shine forth to themselves; at the great day they shall shine forth before all the world. They shall shine by reflection, with light borrowed from the Fountain of light. Their sanctification will be made perfect, and their justification published. May we be found of that happy number.
Greek Textus Receptus
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