Matthew 13:31

"Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”"

Key Reflection

This passage illustrates the coexistence of good and evil until the final judgment. Jesus uses the imagery of a harvest to teach that during his time on earth, both the righteous and wicked would grow together, but at the end, he will separate them, ensuring justice and rewarding the righteous while dealing with the wicked appropriately.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verses 31,32. See also Mr 4:30-32. The kingdom of heaven. See Barnes "Mt 3:2". It means here either piety in a renewed heart, or the church. In either case the commencement is small. In the heart, it is at first feeble, easily injured, and much exposed. In the church, there were few at first, ignorant, unknown, and un- honoured; yet soon it was to spread through the world. Grain of mustard seed. The plant here described was very different from that which is known among us. It was several years before it bore fruit, and became properly a tree. Mustard, with us, is an annual plant; it is always small, and is properly an herb.

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