36. Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37. He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;
38. the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked;
39. and the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
40. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.
41. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and those who do iniquity
42. and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
44. Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto treasure hid in the field, which when found, a man hides it and, for the joy thereof, goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45. Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls,
46. who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47. Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind of fish,
48. which, when it was full, they drew to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49. So shall it be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just