| 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 root up 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.\' \"
36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house.
His disciples came to him and said, \"Explain to us
the parable of the weeds in the field.\"
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 sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the
sons 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 fiery 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. He who has ears, let him
hear.
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