A woman took a
little, hid it in three measures of meal and, at last, all was
leavened. All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitude.
Thus it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: I will open
my mouth in parables. I will utter things which have been kept secret
from the foundation of the world.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went inside. His disciples came
in and asked Him to explain the parable of the tares in the field.
Jesus said, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man. The field is
the world. The good seed are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are
the children of the wicked one. The enemy that sowed them is the devil.
The harvest is the end of the world. The reapers are the angels. As the
tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so it will be at the end of
this world. The Son of man will send forth His angels. They will clear
His kingdom of all that offends and does iniquity. They will cast it
into a furnace. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the
righteous will shine as bright as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a
man discovers it, he buries it again. Then, joyfully, he goes and sells
all he has in order to buy that field.
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