Do you want us to go and gather them? —Matthew 13:28
Our painful reality
Wheat -
His enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat. —Matthew 13:25
In gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. —Matthew 13:29
Let both grow together. —Matthew 13:30
What is evil?
- For the “crowd” that is listening: Maybe
- For the “disciples” that are listening: the
- For us today: anything
The first question: how?
“Master, did you not sow GOOD seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?” —Matthew 13:27
Second/Main question:
“Then do you want us to go and gather them?” —Matthew 13:28
Can we get rid of
The answer(S):
To the “crowd:” This is the
To the “disciples:” Don’t
To the crowd
But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.” —Matthew 13:29-30
Notice the
Jesus is inviting into his
To the disciples
Jesus is inviting them to
Hope is certainty that things will get
Click in the box above to add your own notes.
Questions for discussion:
1 How would you say that you have recently experienced the “painful reality” of living among the weeds?
2 How do you apply this parable to your life and situations?