24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in
his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and
sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced
a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said
to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have
tares?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’
The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up
the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest,
and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together
the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my
barn.” ’ ”
And so, it was when the grain had sprouted so the tares (i.e. the weeds) also appeared (vs. 26). Notice that not until the wheat appears and produces a crop do the weeds also appear. Now wheat by God’s very design and nature draws nutrients from God’s earth and nourishes both man and beast, while tares though likewise drawing nutrients from God’s earth produce nothing desirable; nothing that gives or sustains life; in fact, all they do is consume God’s resources to make themselves grow up and then once grown (if left unchecked) they choke out the wheat. Tares are then nothing but a constant headache to any farmer who hopes to bring forth a good and lasting crop.
Vs. 27 “So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
Having seen both the wheat and tares appear in the field the servants of the owner of the field now come and tell him that his field has tares (i.e. weeds) in it! Notice now they are bewildered as to how this has happened since they know the owner sowed good seed in his field.
Vs. 28-30 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
Commentary
Vs.
24-25
24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in
his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and
sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
Here the Lord Jesus presents another
parable and like the parable of the Sower there is a Spiritual reality about
the Kingdom being revealed through it. And so here the Lord Jesus begins by
saying that the Kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his
field; but while men slept (meaning the Sowers servants) his enemy came and
sowed tares (i.e. weeds) among his wheat (trying to undermine his crop and thus
his future yield) and went his way. And so here we see two persons at work one
good, and one sinister and evil (vs. 24-25). Though what takes place is not
just limited to Jesus’ parable but is in fact an ongoing reality wherever the Kingdom
of heaven is sown (but we don’t want to reveal the parable just yet).
Vs.
26 “But when the grain had sprouted and produced
a crop, then the tares also appeared.”
And so, it was when the grain had sprouted so the tares (i.e. the weeds) also appeared (vs. 26). Notice that not until the wheat appears and produces a crop do the weeds also appear. Now wheat by God’s very design and nature draws nutrients from God’s earth and nourishes both man and beast, while tares though likewise drawing nutrients from God’s earth produce nothing desirable; nothing that gives or sustains life; in fact, all they do is consume God’s resources to make themselves grow up and then once grown (if left unchecked) they choke out the wheat. Tares are then nothing but a constant headache to any farmer who hopes to bring forth a good and lasting crop.
Vs. 27 “So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
Having seen both the wheat and tares appear in the field the servants of the owner of the field now come and tell him that his field has tares (i.e. weeds) in it! Notice now they are bewildered as to how this has happened since they know the owner sowed good seed in his field.
Vs. 28-30 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
Having been told the condition of his
field by his servants the owner immediately realizes that an enemy has
sabotaged his field (vs. 28). Now the servants ask the owner if they should go
and pull the tares out of the field, but the owner realizing that he may lose
some of his wheat if they try to do so now tells them to let both the wheat and
tares grow together until the time of the harvest when he will say to his
reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind
them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” And so here we see the end of both the
tares and the wheat, though both grow up together the tares are bound in
bundles to be burned while the wheat is preserved and gathered into God’s barn.
Scripture Quotations
The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.
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