25. But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
26. Now when the stalk sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.
27. So the slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’
28. But he replied, ‘An enemy did this.’ Now the slaves say to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go out and gather them up?’
29. But he says, ‘No, for while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.
30. Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time, I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the weeds and tie them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.’”
31. He presented to them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
32. It’s the smallest of all seeds; yet when it’s full grown, it’s greater than the other herbs. It becomes like a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
33. He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like hametz, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
34. All these things Yeshua spoke to the crowds in parables. And apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to them,
35. in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open My mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
36. Then He sent the crowds away and went into the house. His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
37. He answered, “The one sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,
38. and the field is the world. And the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one.
39. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40. Therefore just as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.