Jesus Explains the Parable of the Weeds (MAT 13:36-43)

[13:36] When Jesus had left the crowd and gone indoors, his disciples came to him and said, “Tell us what the parable about the weeds in the field means.”

[13:37] Jesus answered, “The man who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man;

[13:38] the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;

[13:39] and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels.

[13:40] Just as the weeds are gathered up and burned in the fire, so the same thing will happen at the end of the age:

[13:41] the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

[13:42] and they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.

[13:43] Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!