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Tell us what the parable of the weeds in the field means. This parable is in Matthew 13:24-30. (1) The Kingdom is compared to the man who sows. (2) The man is the Son of God Jesus himself. [Son of Man see Luke 22:69-70] Jesus sows by "proxy" through his Kingdom. (3) The good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom (those who have accepted the message about the Kingdom the Gospel). (4) The field is the world. It is Christ's field. He has full authority both in heaven and on earth. (Matthew 28:18). (5) The harvest is the end of the world, when separation will be done (compare Matthew 25:31-46). (6) The weeds are not bad Christians, but bad people who would not believe the message of the Kingdom, and who have been under the influence of the Evil One. (7) Both good and bad people are mixed together in the world and their lives are intertwined until the time of separation. (8) Kingdom in Matthew 13:41 includes all the world. (9) Father's Kingdom speaks of Eternity, after Jesus gives back the Kingdom to the Father (see 1 Corinthians 15:28).

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