Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 13:27

"And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?" — Matthew 13:27 (ASV)

So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then has it tares?

How often we have asked that question! We have seen children trained by the most godly parents, yet they have developed a sad propensity to sin, and we have said, "From where then have these tares come?" We have seen a ministry which has been sound and faithful, and yet in the congregation there have sprung up various errors which have done a world of mischief, and we have had sorrowfully to ask, "From where then have these tares come?"

Now they wake up. It had been better to have kept awake. They see the evil growth, though they did not see the evil sowing. Overwhelmed by the sight of the spoiled field, they hastened to tell their lord, wondering greatly how such a state of things could have come about.

What a question to ask their master: Whence hath it tares? They were sure that he sowed good seed, and nothing else, and they evidently thought that he would know who sowed the counterfeit wheat. We, too, wonder how so much evil can have entered a region where Christ has set his ministers, and we cry out in astonishment, From whence then hath it tares? The question is best left with the Master, but asking it is a confession that we have been asleep.