33. He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven (sour dough) which a woman took and covered over in three measures of meal or flour till all of it was leavened. [Gen. 18:6.]
34. These things all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them.
35. This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet: I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been hidden since the foundation of the world. [Ps. 78:2.]
36. Then He left the throngs and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.
37. He answered, He Who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38. The field is the world, and the good seed means the children of the kingdom; the darnel is the children of the evil one,
39. And the enemy who sowed it is the devil. The harvest is the close and consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40. Just as the darnel (weeds resembling wheat) is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the close of the age.
41. The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of offense [persons by whom others are drawn into error or sin] and all who do iniquity and act wickedly,