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Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."`"
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Commentators stress that the command to "let both grow together" is a call for patience. Humans cannot perfectly judge hearts, and attempting to purge the church of all insincerity could harm genuine believers. The final, perfect separation of true and false believers is a task reserved for God alone at the "harvest," the end of the age.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let both grow together. They would not spoil the true wheat; and in time of harvest it would be easy to separate them. Our Savior teaches …
My barn (την αποθηκην μου). See already 3:12; 6:26. Granary, storehouse, place for putting things away.
19th Century
Baptist
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, You gather together first the tares, and bind t…
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The owner blames an enemy, but forbids his servants from attempting to separate weed from wheat till the harvest. Then, as the workers reap the fie…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let both grow together until the harvest By "the harvest", is meant "the end of the world", ([Reference Matthew 13:3…
Regarding verses 36-43, this parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church: Christ's care for it, the devil's enmity against…
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13th Century
Catholic
Previously, he presented the parable in which the external obstacles to the Gospel teaching were shown. Here, another parable is presented, in whic…
