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The parable of the weeds and the wheat
The parable of the weeds and the wheat (Matthew 13.24-30), unique to Matthew, teaches that good and evil coexist in the world until the final judgment. In it, Jesus illustrates God's patience in delaying the separation of the righteous and the wicked until the eschatological harvest, entrusted to the angels. This parable forms part of a profound biblical reflection on the apparent prosperity of the wicked, shared by Habakkuk, Asaph, Jeremiah, and Job.
Psalms 73.3-12 (King James Version) :For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.Notefirm: Heb. fatThey are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.Notein…: Heb. in the trouble of other menNotelike: Heb. withTherefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.Notehave…: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heartThey are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org