The Parable of the Yeast
33 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."
Parables Fulfill Prophecy
34 Jesus spoke all these [things] to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,
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in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation."
The Parable of the Weeds Interpreted
36 Then he left the crowds [and] came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."
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So he answered [and] said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
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and the field is the world. And the good seed--these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
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And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
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The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,
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and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!
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Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!