37. So he answered and said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
38. and the field is the world. And the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
39. And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40. Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
41. The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,
42. and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!
43. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!
44. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found and concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.
45. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
46. And when he found one very valuable pearl, he went and sold everything that he possessed and purchased it.
47. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind,
48. which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down and collected the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw out.
49. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous
50. and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!
51. “Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.”
52. And he said to them, “For this reason every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new things and old things.”
53. And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables he went away from there.
54. And he came to his hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were amazed and said, “From where did this man get this wisdom and these miracles?
55. Is not this one the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56. And are not all his sisters with us? From where then did this man get all these things?”