36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples approached Him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." 37 So He answered and said to them: "He who sows the good seed is the Son of the Man. 38 The field is the world; as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, while the tares are the sons of the malignant one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Therefore just as the tares are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of the Man will send out His angels,*The angels are going to be busy. and they will collect out of His kingdom everything that is offensive, and those who perpetrate lawlessness;*I take it that the "kingdom" here is physical (not merely ‘spiritual’) and includes the whole planet, because it contains "offensive" things and "lawless" people. 42 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire. There there will be weeping and 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.