Mat 13:38, Joh 8:44, 1Jo 3:8 | ISV | STEP | while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to the evil one.

Matthew 13:38

38 while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to ^{▼▼Lit. the sons of} the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to ^{▼▼Lit. the sons of} the evil one.Gen 3:13; Matt 24:14; 28:19; Mark 16:15, 20; Luke 24:47; John 8:44; Acts 13:10; Rom 10:18; Col 1:6; 1John 3:8

John 8:44

44 You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood by the truth, ^{▼▼Lit. stood by the truth} since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie he speaks in character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.Matt 13:38; 1John 3:8; Jude 1:6

1 John 3:8

8 The person who practices sin belongs to the evil one, because the devil has been sinning since the beginning. The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy the works of the devil.Gen 3:15; Matt 13:38; Luke 10:18; John 8:44; 16:11; Heb 2:14