The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his
field. But in the night an enemy came, and sowed tares among the wheat.
When the seed sprang up, the tares appeared also. And the servants went
to the householder and said: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy
field? Whence has it then tares? He answered: An enemy has done this.
The servants said: Wilt thou, then, that we go and gather them up? He
answered: Nay, lest haply ye root up the wheat with them. Let both grow
together until harvest; then I will say to the reapers: Gather up first
the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat
into my barn.
Jesus has explained also this parable: He that soweth the good seed is
the Son of Man, and the field is the world; the good seed is the
children of the kingdom, and the tares are the children of the evil one;
and the enemy that sowed the tares is the devil. The harvest is the end
of the world, and the servants are the angels. As the tares are gathered
up and burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world. Then
shall the Son of Man send forth His angels, and they shall gather the
ungodly, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire, there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth. But the righteous shall shine forth as
the sun in the kingdom of their Father. (Matt. 13:24-43.)