36Then, after leaving the crowds, he came into the house, and his disciples approached him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.37He answered and said, The one sowing the good seed is the son of man.38The field is the world; the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the weeds are the sons of the evil one.39The enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels.40Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the consummation of the age.41The son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling blocks and those who practice lawlessness.42And they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.43Then the righteous will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their father. He who has ears, let him hear.