Parable of the Tares The Parable of the Tares, (also known as
the Parable of the Weeds, Parable of the Wheat and Tares,
Parable of the Wheat and Weeds, or the Parable of the Weeds in
the Grain), is one of the parables of Jesus, which appears in
only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament.
According to the Matthew 13:24-30 during the final judgment, the
angels will separate the "sons of the evil one" (the "tares" or
weeds) from the "sons of the kingdom" (the wheat). It follows
the Parable of the Sower, and precedes the Parable of the
Mustard Seed. The parable is as follows: Another parable put he
forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a
man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his
enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then
appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came
and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy
field? from whence then hath