Matthew 13:30-40

New American Standard Bible

³⁰ Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them; but ^(A)gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

The Mustard Seed

³¹ He presented another parable to them, saying, “^(B)The kingdom of heaven is like ^(C)a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field; ³² and this is smaller than all the other seeds, but when it is fully grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that ^(D)the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

The Leaven

³³ He spoke another parable to them: “^(E)The kingdom of heaven is like ^[a]leaven, which a woman took and hid in ^(F)three ^[b]sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

³⁴ All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them ^(G)without a parable. ³⁵ This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be ^[c]fulfilled:

The Weeds Explained

³⁶ Then He left the crowds and went into ^(I)the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, “^(J)Explain to us the parable of the ^[d]weeds of the field.” ³⁷ And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is ^(K)the Son of Man, ³⁸ and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are ^(L)the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are ^(M)the sons of ^(N)the evil one; ³⁹ and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is ^(O)the ^[e]end of the age; and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰ So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at ^(P)the ^[f]end of the age.