He proposed another parable to them. "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?' He answered, 'An enemy has done this.' His slaves said to him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' He replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn."'" (Mt 13: 24-30)
Jesus seems to know the details of farming. He knows that the farmer always sows the good seed. But weeds grow always among the crop. No one (no farmer or the slaves) sow the weeds. This is the work of the enemy. Enemy does his work when no one notices. The work of the enemy is to disrupt the work of the farmer. The enemy wants the farmer to get agitated and react which in turn will destroy also some of the good works of the farmer himself.
The slaves want to react immediately. They wanted to remove the evil at once. The workers or the slaves are worried about the weeds and their concern for the wheat is not so helpful to the wheat itself. Their actions and reactions though right turned against the evil yet in effect it has its negative consequence against the good.
The farmer’s concern is about the wheat. He is primary worried about the wheat only and it is positively turned towards the wheat. Weeds are of no concern for the farmer. The farmer does not mind the weeds at all rather not a single wheat should be lost. This positive approach makes him let the weeds to grow among the wheat.
