But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them.
All Commentaries on Matthew 13:29 Go To Matthew 13
Remigius of Rheims
AD 533
Here He calls the Son of God Himself the kingdom of heaven; for He saith, “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that sowed good seed in his field.”.
They came to the Lord not with the body, but with the heart and desire of the soul; and from Him they gather that this was done by the craft of the Devil, whence it follows, “And he saith unto them, An enemy hath done this.”.
It follows, “And in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them.” The harvestis the season of reaping which here designates the day of judgment, in which the good are to be separated from the bad.
