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He said to them, `An enemy has done this.` The servants asked him, `Do you want us to go and gather them up?`
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The Source of Falsehood
Commentators unanimously identify the "enemy" as the devil. They stress that the presence of false believers or harmful doctrines within the church is not a failure on God's part, but a malicious act by Satan. As Charles Spurgeon notes, the enemy's most damaging work is done from inside the fold, not from the outside.
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19th Century
Baptist
The householder had not slept. He knew who had committed the cruel wrong. He who is the enemy of God and man, and he alone, had perpetrated this ac…
The owner blames an enemy, but forbids his servants from attempting to separate weed from wheat till the harvest. Then, as the workers reap the fie…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He said unto them, an enemy has done this This is the answer of the householder to the question of his servants. In …
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Presbyterian
Regarding verses 36-43, this parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church: Christ's care for it, the devil's enmity against…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, he presented the parable in which the external obstacles to the Gospel teaching were shown. Here, another parable is presented, in whic…
