| Geneva Study Bible Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. People's New Testament 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. The time of separation will come at last. The righteous shall not always be vexed by the presence and deeds of evil doers. Harvest time will come, and that is the time of separation. The tares, ripened and manifest, can easily be sifted out from the wheat. For the application of the parable see note at Mt 13:36. Scofield Reference Notes [1] Gather The gathering of the tares into bundles for burning does not imply immediate judgment. At the end of this age (Mt 13:40) the tares are set apart for burning, but first the wheat is gathered into the barn. Jn 14:3 1Th 4:14-17. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 30, 39. Let both grow together-that is, in the visible Church. until the harvest-till the one have ripened for full salvation, the other for destruction. (See on [1292]Mt 13:39). and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers-(See on [1293]Mt 13:39). Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them-"in the fire" (Mt 13:40). but gather the wheat into my barn-Christ, as the Judge, will separate the two classes (as in Mt 25:32). It will be observed that the tares are burned before the wheat is housed; in the exposition of the parable (Mt 13:41, 43) the same order is observed: and the same in Mt 25:46-as if, in some literal sense, "with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked" (Ps 91:8). Third and Fourth Parables or Second Pair: The Mustard Seed and The Leaven (Mt 13:31-33). The subject of both these parables, as of the first pair, is the same, but under a slight diversity of aspect, namely- The GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM FROM THE Smallest Beginnings to Ultimate Universality. The Mustard Seed (Mt 13:31, 32). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 13:24-30, 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may go his way, they will spring up, and do hurt; whereas, when good seed is sown, it must be tended, watered, and fenced. The servants complained to their master; Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? No doubt he did; whatever is amiss in the church, we are sure it is not from Christ. Though gross transgressors, and such as openly oppose the gospel, ought to be separated from the society of the faithful, yet no human skill can make an exact separation. Those who oppose must not be cut off, but instructed, and that with meekness. And though good and bad are together in this world, yet at the great day they shall be parted; then the righteous and the wicked shall be plainly known; here sometimes it is hard to distinguish between them. Let us, knowing the terrors of the Lord, not do iniquity. At death, believers shall shine forth to themselves; at the great day they shall shine forth before all the world. They shall shine by reflection, with light borrowed from the Fountain of light. Their sanctification will be made perfect, and their justification published. May we be found of that happy number. | 
