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Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
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He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
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which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
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He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."
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Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
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Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field."
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He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
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the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
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The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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As therefore the darnel is gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be in the end of this age.