Mark 4:1-20 The Parable of the Wheat and Tares

 

¹And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. ²And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, ³Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: ⁴And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. ⁵And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: ⁶But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. ⁷And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. ⁸And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. ⁹And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. ¹¹And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: ¹²That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. ¹³And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? ¹⁴The sower soweth the word. ¹⁵And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. ¹⁶And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. ¹⁸And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, ¹⁹And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. ²⁰And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. -Mark 4:1-20 Bible, King James Version

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 116.

¹The Christines [or Christians] were in Philip’s home and Peter said to Jesus, Lord, will you explain to us the meaning of the parables you spoke today? The one about the wheat and tares, especially? ²And Jesus said, God’s king­dom is a duality; it has an outer and an inner form. ³As seen by man it is composed of men, of those who make confes­sion of the name of Christ. ⁴For various reasons various people crowd this outer kingdom of our God. ⁵The inner kingdom is the kingdom of the soul, the kingdom of the pure in heart. ⁶The outer kingdom I may well explain in parables. Behold, for I have seen you cast a great net out into the sea, ⁷And when you hauled it in, lo, it was full of every kind of fish, some good, some bad, some great, some small; and I have seen you save the good and throw the bad away. ⁸This outer kingdom is the net, and every kind of man is caught; but in the sorting day the bad will all be cast away, the good reserved. ⁹Hear, then, the meaning of the parable of wheat and tares: ¹⁰The sower is the son of man; the field, the world; the good seed are the children of the light; the tares, the children of the dark; the enemy, the carnal self; the har­vest day, the closing of the age; the reapers are the messengers of God. ¹¹The reckoning day will come to every man; then will the tares be gathered up, and cast into the fire and be burned. ¹²Then will the good shine forth as suns in the kingdom of the soul. ¹³And Philip said, Must men and women suffer in the flames be­cause they have not found the way of life? ¹⁴And Jesus said, The fire puri­fies. The chemist throws into the fire the ores that hold all kinds of dross. ¹⁵The useless metal seems to be consumed; but not a grain of gold is lost. ¹⁶There is no man that has not in him gold that cannot be de­stroyed. The evil things of men are all consumed in fire; the gold survives.