40:013:023 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 40:013:024 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 40:013:025 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 40:013:026 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 40:013:027 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 40:013:028 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 40:013:029 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 40:013:030 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 40:013:031 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 40:013:032 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 40:013:033 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 40:013:034 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 40:013:035 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. 40:013:036 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. 40:013:037 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 40:013:038 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 40:013:039 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40:013:040 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.