Wheat and Tares


 

Matthew 13:18-43


“Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower...The Kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in this field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way...an enemy hath done this.”

“The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat in my barn.”

“Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.”

  1. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man

  1. The field is the world

  1. The good seed are the children of the kingdom

  1. But the tares are the children of the wicked one

  1. The enemy that sowed them is the devil

  1. The harvest is the end of the world

  1. And the reapers are the angels

  1. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire

  1. So shall it be in the end of this world.

  1. The Son of man shall send forth his angels

  1. And they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend

  1. And them which do iniquity

  1. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire

  1. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth

  1. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father

  1. WHO HATH EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR!”


 

Greek Word Study:


“wheat” - Hebrew words =


bar meaning corn, grain

dagan meaning corn

chittah meaning wheat

chintin meaning wheat, grain

riphoth meaning ground corn, wheat, grits


- Greek words =sitos meaning sifted wheat or corn

“tares” - Greek word zizanion meaning =

  1. A kind of plant like weed named darnel

  1. growing among the grain in the fields as tall as wheat and barley

  1. resembling wheat in appearance

  1. degenerate wheat

  1. the Rabbis call it “bastard wheat”

  1. darnel seeds are poisonous to man and animals

  1. Tares produce:

a. sleepiness

b. nausea

c. intoxication/drunkenness

d. paralysis

e. trembling

f. inability to walk

g. hindered speech

h. vomiting

i. convulsions

j. death

  1. out of all the weed-type grasses, tares are seemingly the only ones that can cause death.


 
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