The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

Reading Portion

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

Lesson Content

1. The parable of the wheat and the tares narrated by the Lord Jesus (Matt.13:24-30).

2. In this parable, the good seed stands for the children of the kingdom (Matt.13:38).

3. The Son of man — the Lord Jesus Christ, creates such people (Matt.13:37).

4. The children of the kingdom are made by the incorruptible seed which is the Word of God (I Pet.1:23).

5. The tares — the children of the wicked one. The one that sows the tares — the devil (Matt.13:38,39).

6. The harvest — the end of the world and the reapers are the angels (Matt.13:39).

7. The conversation between the householder and his servants (Matt.13:27-30).

8. As the householder said, until the end of the world, the children of the kingdom and the children of the wicked one grow alongside. Finally, the children of the kingdom who are like the wheat, will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of the Father; the children of the wicked one, who are like the tares, will be cast into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt.13:40-43).

Moral

We should be vigilant to see that the devil does not destroy the blessings that God has given us and we should preserve them.