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Roman law prohibited sowing darnel among the wheat of an enemy, [4] [5] suggesting that the scenario presented here is realistic. [6] Many translations use "weeds" instead of "tares". A similar metaphor is wheat and chaff, replacing (growing) tares by (waste) chaff, and in other places in the Bible "wicked ones" are likened to chaff.
This verse describes wind winnowing, the period's standard process for separating the wheat from the chaff. Ptyon , the word translated as winnowing fork in the World English Bible is a tool similar to a pitchfork that would be used to lift harvested wheat up into the air into the wind.
Like the parable of the Tares, earlier in Matthew 13, this parable refers to the final judgment. [2] Here, the imagery is drawn from the separation of edible from inedible fish caught by a net, probably a seine net. [3] [7] One end of the dragnet is held on the shore, the other end is dragged into the sea and returned to the shore.
The image of the grain of wheat dying in the earth in order to grow and bear a harvest can be seen also as a metaphor of Jesus' own death and burial in the tomb and his resurrection. [2] The Rev. William D. Oldland in his sermon "Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls into the Earth and Dies" said: This parable is used by Jesus to teach them three things.
Wheat and tares together sown Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear; Grant, O harvest Lord, that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3. For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take the harvest home; From His field shall in that day All offences purge away, Giving angels charge at last
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The New Testament Parable of the Tares, which speaks of the difficulty of distinguishing wheat from weeds before harvest time, has also been invoked in support of religious toleration. In his "Letter to Bishop Roger of Chalons", Bishop Wazo of Liege (c. 985–1048) relied on the parable [ 20 ] to argue that "the church should let dissent grow ...
The difference is that the wheat bears fruit. It is sustenance. Tares on the other hand just look pretty, but are useless. 153.42.34.2 (Messiah College student) Oh yeah, forgot to mention; the point that tares at first look similar to wheat is that the reason the workers have to wait is to give time for the wheat to mature...