explain the parable in terms of the community of faith. This community is faced with the dilemma of what should be done about evil members. Just as the bearded darnel could not be initially distinguished from the wheat, these members are also hard to distinguish from other disciples of Jesus. Yet their fruitage appears to be evil. Surely they should be rooted out of the community, as the servants wished to root out the weeds. But the message of the parable is that the community will remain a mixture