Matthew 13:37-39

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

³⁷ He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸ The field is the world, and the good seed is _k the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are _l the sons of the evil one, ³⁹ and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. _m The harvest is _n the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 13:43
   Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
   
2. Cross References
   John 8:44
   You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
   Acts 13:10
   And said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
   1 John 3:10
   By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
   Matthew 23:15
   Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
   Matthew 13:19
   When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
   
3. Cross References
   Joel 3:13
   Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
   Revelation 14:15
   And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 13:49
   So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
   Matthew 24:3
   As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?
   Matthew 28:20
   Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
   Daniel 12:13
   But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.
   Hebrews 9:26
   For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.