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24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.…

My thoughts on the Parable of the Wheat and Tares

Introduction: The passage we have just read is perhaps one of, if not the most familiar of the parables of Jesus recounted for us in the four gospels. This same parable is told in Matthew 13 and in Mark 4 . When I say the word Parable, I’m aware that some may not know exactly what is meant by that so…

Preparing hearts to be receptive to God's Word

Text Intro He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, “Listen to this! Behold,…

My dad’s passion as a young man was for farming. He loved farming. When he was 19 yrs. old he went in with his parents to purchase a 120 acre farm in Lapeer, Michigan. By day my dad was a farmer, but by night he was a factory worker for General Motors. He once told me that he took the job in the factory…