He proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field.<\/p>\n
While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.<\/p>\n
When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.<\/p>\n
The slaves of the householder came to him and said, \u2018Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?\u2019<\/p>\n
He answered, \u2018An enemy has done this.\u2019 His slaves said to him, \u2018Do you want us to go and pull them up?\u2019<\/p>\n
He replied, \u2018No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them.'”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
There was evil among his crops, but it was not a result of a bad moral choice that the owner made. He cautioned his workers not to rush to judgement and toss everything out. We are blessed that God treats us this way too.<\/p>\n
Even when we diligently try to make good moral choices, it's impossible to avoid the ontic evil that exists in the world. So we need to remember to choose the good even when there is an unavoidable bad involved.<\/p>\n
It's the religious equivalent of the old saying, “Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.” Just the same, don't throw out the wheat with the weeds. And don't throw out the Pope with the newspaper.<\/p>\n
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