²⁴Jesus then told them this story:

The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a farmer scattered good seed in a field.²⁵But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and scattered weeds in the field and then left.

²⁶When the plants came up and began to ripen, the farmer's servants could see the weeds.²⁷The servants came and asked, “Sir, didn't you scatter good seed in your field? Where did these weeds come from?”

²⁸“An enemy did this,” he replied.

His servants then asked, “Do you want us to go out and pull up the weeds?”

²⁹“No!” he answered. “You might also pull up the wheat.³⁰Leave the weeds alone until harvest time. Then I'll tell my workers to gather the weeds and tie them up and burn them. But I'll order them to store the wheat in my barn.”

³⁶After Jesus left the crowd and went inside, his disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the story about the weeds in the wheat field.”

³⁷Jesus answered:

The one who scattered the good seed is the Son of Man.³⁸The field is the world, and the good seeds are the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one,³⁹and the one who scattered them is the devil. The harvest is the end of time, and angels are the ones who bring in the harvest.

⁴⁰Weeds are gathered and burnt. That's how it will be at the end of time.⁴¹The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everyone who does wrong or causes others to sin.⁴²Then he will throw them into a flaming furnace, where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.⁴³But everyone who has done right will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. If you have ears, pay attention!

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