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He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
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Jesus spoke all these things unto the multitude in parables and said nothing unto them without parables
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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
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He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;
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the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked;
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and the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
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As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.
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The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and those who do iniquity
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and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.