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13:24-35 (Then) He (Jesus) set another
parable before them saying. “the kingdom of heaven was likened to a man
sowing good seed in his field. But
while people slept other people came.
They were the man’s enemy and they over-sowed tares (weeds) amongst
the wheat and then they went away.
When the grass sprouted up and produced fruit the tares also
appeared. So the slaves of the
house-master approached and said to him (Jesus). “Lord did you not sow good seed in your
field? Where have these tares come
from?” And he said to them. “An enemy has done this.” His slaves say to him “Do you want us to
pull them out and collect them?” But he said “No in case in gathering the
weeds you should also pull up the wheat with them. Leave both of them to grow together until
the harvest. At the time of the
harvest I will tell the reapers.
“First gather the seeds and bind them into bundles to burn.
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But
gather the wheat into my barn.” He (Jesus)
set another parable before them saying.
“The Kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard which a man
takes and sows in his field. This is
indeed smaller than all the seeds.
But when it grows it is bigger than all the herbs and becomes a tree
so that the birds of the heavens come and live in its branches. He spoke another parable to them. “To what can the kingdom of the heavens
be compared? It is like a woman who
takes leaven and hides it in a meal of three measures until all the food is
leavened.”
Jesus
spoke all these things to the crowds in the form of parables and he spoke
nothing to them outside of the parable form. Thus was fulfilled what was spoken
through the prophet “I will open my mouth to them in parables. I
will utter things that have been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
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