The Parable of the Tares - the Enemy Sows Bad Seed Among the Wheat

Description

"Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away." Matthew 13:24-25 ASV

Illustration of a man and his servants sleeping under a tree after having sown a field with good wheat. The man's enemy walks through the field (left) and tosses bad seed, tares, in with the wheat. An axe, a pitcher, and a bag of seed is sitting in the foreground.

Keywords

bad seed, Christ, cockle, cockles, enemy, evil, farmer, good seed, harvest, heaven, Jesus of Nazareth, ministry of Jesus, parable, Resurrection, savior, seed, Sow, tare, Tares, wheat, wicked

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Bible Stories, Ministry of Jesus

Source:

Right Rev. Richard Gilmour, D.D. Bible History: Containing the Most Remarkable Events of the Old and New Testaments, with a Compendium of Church History (New York, NEW YORK (NY): Benziger Brothers, 1904) 161