GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 13:24-43
Jesus spoke in parables and only in parables regarding the kingdom. Jesus used parables to reveal the truths about the kingdom. These truths were not the result of search by the intelligent and clever people. These were revelations and the revelations are true to the believing people. People of faith accepted these revelations and they were given the secrets of the kingdom.
One of the secrets of the kingdom is that the kingdom contained in itself both good and the bad. God intended only the good but the evil is present among them. But the labourers of the kingdom are not to be bothered about removing the evil but they should only continue to work and work so that the good may reach their completion. Probably what St. Paul says in Romans 12:21 (overcome evil by doing good) is the result of this revelation.
Second and the third revelations about the kingdom are:1) the kingdom is so small and insignificant that it may go unnoticed. However it will be a place of rest and abode for many; 2) the way the kingdom functions is so unnoticed that only at the end one realizes that the kingdom has taken over the whole society.
இந்த உவமையில் தந்தையாகிய கடவுளின் பண்புகள் சிறப்பாக வெளிப்படுத்தபடுகின்றன. தந்தை மிகவும் நல்லவர்@ தாராளகுணமுள்ளவர்@ அவர் தீமையைக்கூட வெறுக்காதவர் (களைகளைப் பறிக்கும்போது அவற்றோடு சேர்த்துக் கோதுமையையும் நீங்கள் பிடுங்கிவிடக்கூடும்). வாழ்வு ஒரு மறைபொருள் என்ற உண்மையும் வெளிப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது.
