Jesus told [the crowds] another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up. The man's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?'
   " 'It was an enemy who did this,' he answered.
   " 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds? ' they asked him.
   " 'No,' he answered, 'because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them. Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest, and then I will tell the harvest workers: Pull up the weeds first and tie them in bundles to throw in the fire; then gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.' "
   . . . Then Jesus left the crowd and went indoors. His disciples came to Him and said, "Tell us what the parable of the weeds in the field means." Jesus answered, "The man who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One; and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels. Just as the weeds are gathered up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age: the Son of Man will send out His angels and they will gather up out of His kingdom all who cause people to sin, and all other evildoers, and throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth. Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!"
   [The Lord showed the apostle John a vision about the end times:] And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him Who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." So He Who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Taken from Matthew 13, Revelation 14, Today's English Version and
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