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THE PARABLE OF THE TARES. MATT. 13:24-30, 36-43. The Parable of the Tares. Matt. 13:24-30 Parable : something thrown alongside Tares : plants that look like wheat but aren’t Similar to parable of the sower but different Explanation of both after purpose for parables
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THE PARABLE OF THE TARES MATT. 13:24-30, 36-43
The Parable of the Tares Matt. 13:24-30 • Parable: something thrown alongside • Tares: plants that look like wheat but aren’t • Similar to parable of the sower but different • Explanation of both after purpose for parables • Both emphasize individuality • Other parables are collective effects of kingdom • Sower: same seed, different soils • Tares: same soil, different seed
The Parable of the Tares Explained Matt. 13:36-43 • Jesus is the sower of good seed • The field is the world (not the church) • The devil sowed the tares • Good seeds are sons of the kingdom • Tares are the sons of the devil • Harvest is end of the world • Angels are the reapers • Have to live among wickedness but not partake
The Parable of the Tares Misapplied • “The church is not to exercise corrective discipline” Jesus says it is Matt. 18:15-20 • Consistent with 1 Cor. 5:9-13 • We are not to judge the taresthose who are outside • That is God’s place • We are to judge those on the insidev.12 • Onmoral,publicissues of the impenitent 2 Thess. 3:6-15, Matt. 18:17 • Only afterlove, patience, and warnings