Do you understand the parable of the tares?

Question

Christ explained it very clearly.

Mat 13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Mat 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Mat 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Mat 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Mat 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Mat 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Answer 1

Since the Bible is clear, especially in this text, it behooves the reader to ask the more complete question:

What am I - a sower of good seeds or one of the tares from the wicked one?

If I am of Christ, then what I do will show forth His glory and bring unto repentance such as should be saved.

Unfortunately, many people who call themselves 'christian' are in all actuality like wolves in sheep's clothing which would be the hypocrisy of our 'religious' leaders who lead those who would be follows of Christ to instead follow after the 'natural man' which is given over to sin and eventually to a hardening of their hearts. Thus hardened, salvation becomes impossible to them.

Answer 2

Yes ,it is very clear to all who know truth.Jesus spoke often of the lost among the saved.
We need to remember to go into the highways and byway and compel them to come into the Fathers house.
Jesus is waiting for the Father to send Him for the saved.
God in His grace is calling more and more to come unto Him.<><

Answer 3

Within our churches are people aren't really choosing to serve God. They're just sort of there for their own agenda and stir up strife and just plain old bring sin into the church. They cause division and usually are quite legalistic. They're the ones when people who are open to the truth come into the church and say "what hypocrites" but really the ones they are seeing aren't true followers of Christ. Tares are shown as weeds in these passages and these people are like weeds in our churches.

Answer 4

The tares are the ego, if a person thinks they are only body & mind they shall be burned, never having eternal life, the righeous know they are eternal now.

Answer 5

The Good Seed are Christ s and the Tares are the Children of Cain s bloodline as Able was slain by6 Cain and Cain was not mentioned but Seth Adam and Eves Third child carried the bloodline of Jesus. Cain was sent out from the garden for murder and his children are the children of disobedience and shall be burned at the harvest. Amen.

Answer 6

good will go to heaven
sinners will go to hell

gnashing of teeth sound pretty bad..a lot of people will have loved ones who will be in the smoking section...so for awhile they will be mouring these lost souls..but not for long as Christ will wipe away our tears. Amen

Answer 7

Do you understand that this debate forum is not for preaching your delusion?
Save all this cr#p for those who wish to hear it and here is not the place.
When you have a serious question, you may get some serious answers. Mere cut/paste scripture quotes will just be considered s-t-u-p-i-d at best.

Answer 8

yes I understand the parable

Answer 9

Yes I do understand it very clearly.

Thank you

Jesus is Lord

Answer 10

Yes... I understand it... because I read it in the NLT... I wouldn't understand it if I read it in the KJV