36 Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. His disciples came to him. They said, Tell us the meaning of the story about the weeds in the field.
37 Jesus answered, The person who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world. The good seed means the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds mean those who belong to the bad one.
39 The bad man who planted the weeds is the devil. The harvest time is the end of this world. The men who cut the harvest are angels.
40 The weeds are gathered and burned in a fire. That is the way it will be at the end of the world.
41 The Son of Man will send his angels. They will gather everything that is bad and the people who do bad things. They will take them out of his kingdom.
42 They will put them into the big fire. There they will cry and make a noise with their teeth.
43 Then the people who are right with God will shine like the sun in their Fathers kingdom. Everyone who has ears, listen.