| 24 | Another parable he put before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; |
| 25 | but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. |
| 26 | So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. |
| 27 | And the servants of the householder came and said to him, `Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?' |
| 28 | He said to them, `An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, `Then do you want us to go and gather them?' |
| 29 | But he said, `No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. |
| 30 | Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" |
| 38 | the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one, |
| 39 | and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. |
| 40 | Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. |
| 41 | The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, |
| 42 | and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. |
| 43 | Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. |