But Jesus’ parable makes clear that any attempt to root out the weeds will only do more damage to the total crop. This reality has played out far too many times in congregations, denominations ...

Jesus, of course, explains the parable of the wheat and tares to his Apostles. As we saw, the wheat is God’s good seed; the weeds are the devil’s work. God lets them co-exist, but not ...

Jesus told a parable about the coexistence of wheat and weeds (Matthew 13:24-30 New International Version). Jesus told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good ...

Some of Jesus’ best teaching started with the simplest scenes from everyday life. A shepherd losing a sheep. A woman baking bread. A farmer scattering seeds. These weren’t polished lecture ...

It best illustrates all the elements in the parable — birds, rocks, weeds, soil — in an agricultural setting where the sower sows seeds while another prepares future furrows.

In his parable of the tares and wheat (see Matthew 13:24-30), a householder plants wheat, but an enemy sows tares (weeds) among the wheat in an attempt to ruin the householder’s work. When his ...