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37 “All right,” he said, “I am[a] the farmer who sows the choice seed. 38 The field is the world, and the seed represents the people of the Kingdom; the thistles are the people belonging to Satan. 39 The enemy who sowed the thistles among the wheat is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.

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  1. Matthew 13:37 I am, literally, “the Son of Man is.”

37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.(A) 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,(B) 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(C) is the end of the age,(D) and the harvesters are angels.(E)

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