Matthew 13:32-42

32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[b]

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Cross References 16

  • 1. Psalms 104:12; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:12
  • 2. S ver 24
  • 3. Genesis 18:6
  • 4. Galatians 5:9
  • 5. Mark 4:33; S John 16:25
  • 6. ver 14; S Matthew 1:22
  • 7. Psalms 78:2; Romans 16:25,26; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:26
  • 8. Matthew 15:15
  • 9. S Matthew 8:20
  • 10. John 8:44,45; 1 John 3:10
  • 11. Joel 3:13
  • 12. Matthew 24:3; Matthew 28:20
  • 13. Revelation 14:15
  • 14. S Matthew 8:20
  • 15. Matthew 24:31
  • 16. ver 50; S Matthew 8:12

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