 Now a better way of reading verse 37, that last part of verse 37, would be anything more than this comes from the evil one, i.e. Satan. Jesus uses the phrase the evil to refer to Satan himself. Later in this gospel, in Matthew chapter 13, verse 19, Jesus said, "'When anyone hears the word of the kingdom "'and does not understand it, "'the evil one, Satan, comes "'and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.'"