The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:30
To the reapers. Not all my servants, but they to whom such work belongs (cf. Goebel); i.e. the angels ( Matthew 13:39 ). Gather ye together; gather up (Revised Version), because the same word ( συλλέγειν ) is employed as in Matthew 13:28 . This command belongs to the time after the field is reaped. First the tares. The tares are to be separated and gathered together before the wheat is garnered. And hind them in bundles to burn them: but gather ( συνάγετε ). This word... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:24-43
The great Administrator's foresight. This second parable of the seven proceeds in a certain degree upon the lines of the first. But its object is different; and though quite in the nature of an advance on the former, it is more limited in its scope. The first parable manifestly is the foundation of this one, and perhaps it may be said of all others. We may, perhaps, judge that to each parable, as one succeeded another, quickened attention was given, at any rate, by some of the hearers. But... read more