There is the diligence of the enemy, and the impossibility of getting rid of those who have come under his influence, as set forth in the second parable, that of "The Tares of the Field.
In the parable of the tares of the field, he sets forth our duty.
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, there appeared the tares also.
If the tares may have been sometimes more conspicuous than the wheat, we should ask ourselves whether our own lack of vigilance and forethought did not contribute to the luxuriant growth of tares in a soil naturally congenial to them.
The Judaizers have forfeited their part in Christ; they are false brethren, tares among the wheat, troublers and hinderers to the Church of God.
It is the proper attribute of the Devil, who is called 'The envious man, that soweth tares among the wheat by night.
The field I have sown like every other field has some tares in it, but it is full of corn ripening fast which will be ready for the reaping when it shall please the Lord to descend with his own son, Jesus of Nazareth, from the skies.
Now it seems too late to go into the field thou hast sown with tares instead of corn.
Errors in doctrine are like tares in a wheat-field: they are useless in themselves, and they hinder the growth of good plants.
No garden is without weeds; there aretares in every cornfield.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be at the end of this world.
The tares are sown not in the Church, but in the field, which is the world.
They are not fruitful land in which tares are mingled; they bear only thorns and thistles, and are utterly rejected.
To do this is to sow tares not in your enemy's field, but in the very ground which is most precious of all others to you and most full of hope for the future.
Wits have caricatured all this, by asking us whether by encouraging the tares to grow, you give the wheat a better chance.
We can't sow tares and reap wheat in this world, Miss Ross.
He has gone to a bad school to learn manners; and wild oats and tares and the husks that the swine did eat are poor crops, after all, Miss Ross,' finished Priscilla a little vaguely.
At the best there will be sometares among the wheat.
Remember that thetares and the wheat will be separated at the judgment day, if not before.
God has his own reasons for letting the tares thrive for a time, though the harvest of wheat be thin.
The Waster builds again; A charmèd life old Goodness hath; The tares may perish, but the grain Is not for death.
We are told in the parable that the man who sowed tares among the wheat was an enemy; and certainly if there was an intention to injure the crop the expression was not too strong.
From his field shall purge away All that doth offend, that day; Give his angels charge at last In the fires the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In his garner evermore.
The wicked also are gathered by the instrumentality of angels: said the Saviour, “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
When the tares are found in the wheat, the greatest promptitude and practicality is always shown in burning the wheat and gathering the tares into the barn.
Our happy holiday in the land of nonsense is over; we shall see no more its beautiful city, with the almost Biblical name of Bosh, nor the forests full of mares' nests, nor the fields of tares that are ripened only by moonshine.
Rather," said He, "wait until the harvest, then separate the taresfrom the wheat.
And as a final example we could read the parable from the book of Matthew of the man who sowed seed but an enemy sowed tares and the servants asked if they should pull the tares.
Touching these same playhouses, Colonel, when we have carried the upper hand this time, we shall not allow the old tares to check the new wheat.
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil.
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Accordingly, even now His saints reign with Him, though otherwise than as they shall reign hereafter; and yet, though the tares grow in the Church along with the wheat, they do not reign with Him.
And from the Church those reapers shall gather out the tares which He suffered to grow with the wheat till the harvest, as He explains in the words, "The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered together and burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world.
For to this beast belong not only the avowed enemies of the name of Christ and His most glorious city, but also the tares which are to be gathered out of His kingdom, the Church, in the end of the world.
The tares are not converted into wheat, nor are the foolish virgins converted into wise ones.
The tares will be burnt and the foolish virgins shut out.
Mr Rellstab's "1812" is one of the few ears of wheat worthy of extraction from the wilderness of tares and stubble.
As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.
But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, "Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
