36Then He left the crowds and went into 1the house. And His disciplescame to Him and said, "2Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field."
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And He said, "The one who sows the goodseed is 3the Son of Man,
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and the field is the world; and as for the goodseed, these are 4the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are 5the sons of 6the evil one;
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and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is 7the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
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"Sojust as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at 8the end of the age.
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"9The Son of Man10will sendforth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdomall11stumblingblocks, and those who commitlawlessness,
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and 12will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place13there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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"14Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINEFORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. 15He who hasears, let him hear.
Hidden Treasure
44"16The kingdom of heaven is like a treasurehidden in the field, which a manfound and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and 17sellsall that he has and buys that field.
A Costly Pearl
45"Again, 18the kingdom of heaven is like a merchantseekingfinepearls,
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and upon findingonepearl of greatvalue, he went and soldall that he had and bought it.
A Dragnet
47"Again, 19the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnetcast into the sea, and gathering fish of everykind;
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and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they satdown and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threwaway.
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"So it will be at 20the end of the age; the angels will comeforth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,
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and 21will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place22there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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"Have you understoodallthesethings?" They said to Him, "Yes."
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And Jesus said to them, "Therefore*everyscribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, whobrings out of his treasurethingsnew and old."