Gospel of the Day – Matthew 13:31-43

“Another parable he put before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field:

Which indeed is the smallest of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is the greatest of plants, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Another parable he told them: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.

All these things Jesus said to the multitude in parables: and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret since the foundation of the world.
Then Jesus sent the crowd away and went into the house.

And his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

And he answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

The field is the world; and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; and the tares are the children of the wicked one;

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

Just as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this world.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom everything that offends and those who do iniquity.

And they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear“

Matthew 13:31-43