Matthew 13:24-43
He set
another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man
who sowed good seed in his field, but while people slept, his enemy came and
sowed darnel also among the wheat, and went away. But when the blade sprang up
and brought forth fruit, then the darnel appeared also.
The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you
sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants
asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
"But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel,
you root up the wheat with them.
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."'"
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; 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."
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."
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and
without a parable, he didn't speak to them, 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."
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."
He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the
kingdom; and the darnel are the children of the evil one. The enemy who sowed
them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are
angels.
As therefore the darnel is gathered up and burned with fire; so will
it be at the end of this age.
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of
his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity, and
will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing
of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of
their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Insight- Jesus spoke through many parables, telling his listeners the
matters pertaining to the Kingdom of Heaven. The righteous would inherit
eternal life and the unrighteous eternal punishment.
Question- Will you be among the righteous who will shine like the sun
in the kingdom of Heaven?
Prayer- Dear Father in heaven, grant me grace to be among the
righteous at the end of this age. In Jesus name. Amen.
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