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The Parable of the Wheat with the Weeds

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[Matthew 13:43]

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

He who has ears, let him hear.

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There once was a very good owner.

The owner had a very big field, too.

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The owner said to his own servants.

"Choose the good seeds and sow them in the field today."

So they prepared only the good seeds.

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Then they sowed hard all day long.

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"Lord, we have sown the good seeds as you have told us!"

The owner looked at the field and he was satisfied that the good seeds had been sown well in the field.

Then he thought that he will earn good grain so he was very glad.

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However, there was a person who hated the owner.

“I don't want him to succeed. So I have to disturb and spoil it."

The man began to make-up an evil plan as he was looking at the sown field.

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That night he went to the field with something in a basket.

And then he started to scatter what he had brought.

Yet, nobody noticed him doing it.

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The servants did their best for the seeds to grow well.

The seeds did indeed grow well.

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When the grain had become ripe, a servant looked over the field.

He was surprised, to find weeds among the grain.

The good seeds and weeds were growing together.

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The servant rushed to his owner and said, "Lord. you are in big trouble!

We sowed only good seeds, however, there are bad weeds in the field, too."

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"Maybe, my enemy came and did harm to my field."

The owner easily knew that his enemy had done it.

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The servants told the owner, "Lord, let us get rid of all the weeds!"

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The master told the servants, "No, just leave them please.

While you are pulling the weeds, you may up-root some of the wheat with them."

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"Then what should we do about all of these weeds?" The owner replied, "Let both grow together until the harvest. At the right time, I will tell the harvesters: First, collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn."

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When the harvest time had arrived, the weeds that the enemy had sown were tied into bundles to be burned.

And the wheat was brought into the master's barn.

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Jesus told this story to them to explain about the kingdom of God.

People who can go to heaven have to be like the wheat.

He will separate the wheat from the weeds when Jesus returns back again. And He will allow only the people like the wheat to go to heaven.

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We will live with people like weeds who do not believe in Jesus until Jesus returns back again. Therefore, we should live sincerely in every situation. If you have lived like the weeds, you should repent quickly!

So that you can be renewed before it's too late.