MATTHEW 13:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.”
But he said: no, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. The master's restraint: the premature separation of weeds from wheat would damage the wheat. The intertwined root systems of the two plants make premature removal dangerous. The parable addresses the impatience of those who want to purify the community now — the master's response is to wait for the harvest.
Church Fathers on Matthew 13:29
In the foregoing parable the Lord spoke to such as do not receive the word of God; here of those who receive a corrupting seed. This is the contrivance of the Devil, ever to mix error with truth.
He set forth also this other parable, as it were a rich householder refreshing his guests with various meats, that each one according to the nature of his stomach might find some food adapted to him. He said not 'a second parable,' but 'another;' for had He said 'a second,' we could not have looked for a third; but another prepares us for many more.
Here He calls the Son of God Himself the kingdom of heaven; for He saith, 'The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that sowed good seed in his field.'
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