Matthew 13:33-39

New International Version

³³ He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like^(A) yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds^[a] of flour^(B) until it worked all through the dough.”^(C)

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.^{(D) 35} So was fulfilled^(E) what was spoken through the prophet:

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

³⁶ Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable^(G) of the weeds in the field.”

³⁷ He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.^{(H) 38} The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,^{(I) 39} and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest^(J) is the end of the age,^(K) and the harvesters are angels.^(L)