³⁶Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field. ³⁷But he answering said, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man, ³⁸and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one; ³⁹and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvestmen are angels. ⁴⁰As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age. ⁴¹The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise lawlessness; ⁴²and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

⁴⁴The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls; ⁴⁶and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it. ⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which has been cast into the sea, and which has gathered together of every kind, ⁴⁸which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out. ⁴⁹Thus shall it be in the completion of the age: the angels shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just, ⁵⁰and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord. ⁵²And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

⁵³And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.

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Matthew 13:44: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”

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