Weeding the Garden. Matthew 13:24-30

I  Grew up on a small farm in Southern Michigan. Every summer we planted a huge garden. Fall was spent harvesting, freezing and canning. Of all the work involved in gardening, I think I hated weeding the most. When the plants were small it was hard to tell which were weeds and which were the crop. I can still hear my dad yelling "You're pulling up the beans and leaving the weeds!" Then he would show me what NOT to pull. It was tedious and had to be repeated often. As a kid, I would much rather play then weed a garden. (As an adult too!)

In the following parable, Jesus uses the illusion of weeds sown among the wheat. The farmers tells the workers to leave the weeds until the harvest so they don't damage the crop. At the time of harvest the weeds will we sorted out and burned and the wheat stored.

I hadn't read this parable in a while and when I read through verses 24-30 I thought to myself "Wow, that's scary, how it relates to the saved verses unsaved in the end times."

Do you understand what your fate will be if you don't accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Read on and see.

Parable of the Wheat and Weeds

24 Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. 25 But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. 26 When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew.

27 “The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?’

28 “‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed.

“‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.

29 “‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”

Parable of the Wheat and Weeds Explained

36 Then, leaving the crowds outside, Jesus went into the house. His disciples said, “Please explain to us the story of the weeds in the field.”

37 Jesus replied, “The Son of Man is the farmer who plants the good seed. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one. 39 The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.

40 "Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. 41 The Son of Man will send His angels, and they will remove from His Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!

Still putting off making a commitment? Jesus could come back at any moment. 

Blessings, Cecilia