‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
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… He answered, An enemy has done this. His slave said to him, Do you want us to go and pull them up? He replied, No, if you pull up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest. Then at the harvest time, I will say to the harvesters, First collect the weeds and tie them into bundles for burning. but gathered the wheat into my barn. He proposed another parable to them. The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full grown, it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches. He spoke to them another parable. The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened. All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables. To fulfill what had been said to the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables. I will announce what has laid hidden from the foundation of the world. Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, explain to us the parables of the weeds in the field. He said in reply, he who sows good seed is the son of man. The field is the world, …
… What an honor. I'll be sharing today from the parable of the seed in Matthew chapter 13, verses 24 through 30. Now, this is not the parable that's normally called the parable of the seeds. The parable of the seeds we hear more about is actually the parable of the soils. Because Jesus taught these parables, he would go out and he would give a teaching. On one level it would sound simple, but you reflect on it and you pray about it, and it It really helps you to see what the kingdom of God is like, and it helps you to see what you're like. One of those parables that has helped me so much through the year… He talks about a seed that was sown in four different places. One was sown on rocky soil, so because the soil was too rocky, the bird came and snatched it up. That seed got snatched, so it didn't do what it was supposed to do. Then there was one seed that was sown in a place where it was scorched by the sun, which represents the trials of life. Since it didn't have a root or a foundation, the sun was too strong for it, and it got cooked up before it could come forth. I said it got cooked up before it could come forth. Some promises God speaks to you… The sun, the affliction, the heat of trial, it tests that seed before it has had the chance to develop, and you don't pass the test. …
… He answered, an enemy has done this. The servant said to him, then, do you want us to go and gather them? But he replied, no. For in gathering the weeds, you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest. And at harvest time, I will tell the reapers, collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned. But gather the wheat into my barn. This is the word of God for you, the people of God. Thanks be to God. For obvious reasons, today's passage from the good book is known as the parable of the wheat and the weeds. In this story, a farmer plants a field with wheat. An enemy then shows up and plants other seeds in the same field. Servants eventually notice the rogue plants, the weeds, and report them to the field's owner. Finally, the servants and the farmer discuss what to do about this mixture of different plants, weeds and wheat. Now, typically, after we read one of Christ's parables together in worship, we approach the story with a series of questions. …