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… 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. The rule and reign of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. …
… 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, and the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children 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 angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The son of man will send his angels and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. He will throw them into the fiery furnace where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their father. Whoever has ears ought to hear the gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. …
… We need an explanation. He was happy to give it. He answered and said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. That's Jesus' favorite nickname for himself. He could have used Son of God. That was true too. But Son of Man shows his relationship to us, that he wants to come near. I'm one of you. He's been through what you're going through, and you don't have to do it alone. You can call on Jesus, the Son of Man. The field is the world. Someone say, the field is the world. What's the field? The field is the world. Okay. The good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. This is God's children. If we're in crisis, it's us. But the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age. And the reapers are the angels. Therefore, as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. …