"Let both grow together until the harvest." (Matt. 13:30) – ????

[Bible Speaks]

"Let both grow together until the harvest."

(Matt. 13:30) ????

“Look! I Am With You All the Days”

“Look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”—MATTHEW 28:20.

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ONE of Jesus’ illustrations about the Kingdom describes a farmer who sows wheat and an enemy who sows weeds in the same field. The weeds begin to overgrow the wheat, but the farmer tells his slaves to “let both grow together until the harvest.” During the time of the harvest, the weeds are destroyed and the wheat is gathered. Jesus explained what the illustration meant. (Read Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43.) What can this illustration teach us? (See the chart “The Wheat and the Weeds.”)

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The Master, Jesus, said about the wheat and the weeds: “Let both grow together until the harvest.” This command tells us that from the first century until today, there have always been people who were “the wheat,” that is, anointed Christians. Jesus also said to his disciples: “I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.” (Matthew 28:20) So Jesus would protect the anointed Christians all the days up to the time of the end. But since the weeds, or false Christians, had overgrown the wheat, we do not know for certain who were part of the wheat class during all those years. 

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How do we benefit from what we have learned about this illustration? There are three ways. First, the illustration helps us to understand why Jehovah has not yet destroyed wicked people. He has tolerated them long enough to prepare the “vessels of mercy,” that is, the faithful ones represented by the wheat.* (See endnote.) (Romans 9:22-24) Second, it gives us more confidence. As the end gets closer, our enemies will fight harder against us. “But they will not prevail.” (Read Jeremiah 1:19.) Jehovah has protected the wheat class for many years. Our heavenly Father, along with Jesus and the angels, will be with us “all the days” until the end.—Matthew 28:20.

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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402013531?q=matt+13%3A30&p=par

[The Librarian]

The distinctive element in this parable is that it involves two sowings. 

What kind of soil are you?

What does the seed represent?

[The Librarian]

Interesting that in Matthew’s version he omitted that the weeds were sown “while everybody was asleep” 

“Sleep” is a metaphor for spiritual sloth or neglect.