Jesus and the disciples: Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field. Matthew 13:36
The Gospel of Saint Matthew relates that Jesus, after announcing the Sermon on the Mount and performing several miracles such as the healing of a centurion's servant and a mute man who was possessed by an impure spirit, taught the Kingdom of God in Galilee in the form of numerous parables so that what had been announced by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled:
"You will be ever hearing but never understanding:
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving" Matthew 13:14.
The parables explained by Jesus contain within themselves the mysteries of God, because the Kingdom of God, the empire or government of the divine perfections can be compared in its essence to a Mamushka, a Russian doll, in which one knowledge encloses another, or in other words, a grace leads to another grace. But all these spiritual teachings have no meaning for those who love riches, but only for those who, with a well-disposed heart and not out of mere spiritual curiosity, approach the wisdom of God, and Jesus, while teaching these things with love, knew this problem and meditated on it.
And among the parables taught by Jesus is the parable of the weeds, the Gospel of Saint Matthew tells that Jesus went to the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and sitting in a boat he explained this parable to a crowd that followed him. The gospel continues its story and explains that Jesus left that place, and in a private place the disciples asked him with curiosity: "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field" Matthew 13:36.
With this fact, the gospel made it clear that there was a teaching for the common people and a superior and different teaching for the disciples because they had to prepare for a spiritual mission. And Jesus explained to them that this parable alluded to the problem of evil in the world, that is, the good seed, the grain of wheat, had to co-exist with the seed of weeds, the bad seed, until the plants mature, bear fruit and the time of harvest arrives, that is, the day of final judgment. With this Jesus taught his disciples the importance of patience and perseverance, because the Kingdom belongs to people who possess these spiritual gifts.
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