^{36 Ref} Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

^{37 Ref} And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

^{38 Ref} and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil `one';

^{39 Ref} and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

^{40 Ref} As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.

^{41 Ref} The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,

^{42 Ref} and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

^{43 Ref} Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

^{44 Ref} The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.