But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When Jesus heals a man with withered hand, they “conspired against him, how to destroy him” (12:14). THE WHEAT AND THE TARES, and THE GOOD AND BAD FISH ( Matthew 13:24-30 Matthew 13:36-43 Matthew 13:47-50). EXEGESIS: MATTHEW 12-13. The Good and Bad Fish. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. ... Like the parable of the tares (Matthew 13:24-30), ... (47) The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net.—The net in this case is not the hand-net of Matthew 4:18, but the sagenè, or great drag-net, which drew in a larger haul of fishes. Hymns for Matthew 13 from Hymnary.org, an authoritative index of hymns and hymnals. The Parable of the Weeds. Pharisees criticize Jesus for allowing his disciples to pluck grain on the Sabbath (12:1-8). The parable of the weeds, a parable unique to Matthew among the four canonical gospels, (Matthew 13:24-30; Gospel of Thomas 57), shows us that he believed the present time is a time of grace in which God allows weeds and wheat to grow together and it is God’s to judge which is which. Matthew 13:24–30; Matthew 13:36–43; Matthew 13:47–50. The comparison in Mt 13:24 does not mean that the kingdom of heaven may be likened simply to the person in … 3. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 . Matthew 13:47-50. The subject of both these parables - which teach the same truth, with a slight diversity of aspect - is: Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:47-50. So it will be at the end of the age. Matthew 13:47-50. (Mat 13:47-50) The parable of the dragnet. Matthew 13:24-30: Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. Second and Seventh Parables or First Pair: The Wheat and the Tares, and The Good and Bad Fish. THE CONTEXT: Chapter 12 seethes with conflict. Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30, (Read Matthew 13:24-30,) 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. Another parable put he forth unto them — In which he further explains the case of unfruitful hearers, and shows that persons of various characters would profess to receive the gospel, and be accounted members of the Christian Church; but that there should be a final separation between them in the other world, however they might be blended together in this. 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