Matthew 13:24-26 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The
kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but
(while men slept,) his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and
went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then
...the tares also appeared Matthew 13:27-30 So the servants of the owner
came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How
then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’
The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them
up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also
uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest,
and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather
together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the
wheat into my barn.”’”The field is the world, and 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 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.
I looked up tares and this is what webster says, The common vetch, Any
of several weedy plants that grow in grain fields. An undesirable or bad
element that endangers the well being of what is good or beneficial.
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Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Friday, October 15th 2010 at 11:13PM
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