³⁶Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, ‘Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.’ ³⁷And he answering said to them, ‘He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man, ³⁸and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one, ³⁹and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

⁴⁰‘As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age, ⁴¹the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness, ⁴²and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

⁴³‘Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.

⁴⁴‘Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

⁴⁵‘Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls, ⁴⁶who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷‘Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind, ⁴⁸which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out, ⁴⁹so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous, ⁵⁰and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.’ ⁵¹Jesus saith to them, ‘Did ye understand all these?’ They say to him, ‘Yes, sir.’ ⁵²And he said to them, ‘Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.’

⁵³And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed 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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