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Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'
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And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing 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 reign, and 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 a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
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`As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,
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the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,
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and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
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`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.
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`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.
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`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,
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who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.