Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
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… I will speak what has been hidden since the foundation of the world. Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field. He answered, The one who sows the good seed is the Son of man, the field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom and the weeds are the sons of the evil one and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end, the consummation of the age and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with the fire so will it be at the end of the age. the Son of Man will send His angels and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of stumbling, of sin and those who practice lawlessness and throw them into the fiery furnace in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth then the righteous will shine like the sun in the rule and reign of their Father whoever has ears to hear, listen. …
… When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from? 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 …
… meaning. We're going to look at the deeper meaning of this parable that Jesus shared a little bit further in Matthew 13. Put it on the screen, please. He left the crowd, went into the house. his disciples came to him and said, Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field. He answered, Well, the one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. That's Jesus. The field is the world. The good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are the angels. as the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their father. Whoever has ears, let them hear. We read this, and we are so quick to say, that's right. Those evil people, those sinners, those terrible Democrats, Republicans, Independents… Whatever category you wanted to put right there, it exposed something about your heart. Whatever you wanted to see the weeds as tells me something about what you see in the mirror. …