Today's Bible Passage is "Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43"
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Matthew 13:
24-30, 36-43.
The Parable of the Weeds
24
Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a
man who sowed
good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping,
his
enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26
When
the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27
“The owner’s
servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good
seed in your field?
Where then did the weeds come from?’
28
“‘An enemy did this,’
he replied.
“The
servants asked him, ‘Do you
want us to go and pull them up?’
29
“‘No,’ he answered,
‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the
wheat with them. 30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the
harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be
burned; then
gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”
The
Parable of the Weeds Explained
37 He answered, “The one who sowed
the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 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, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The
harvest
is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40
“As the weeds are
pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41
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. 42 They
will throw
them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing
of
teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the
kingdom
of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.
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