36 Then having sent the multitudes away, Jesus came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 And having answered, he said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man,

38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil.

39 And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are heavenly agents.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned in fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

41 The Son of man will send forth his agents, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing lawlessness,

42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.