Here is another story Jesus told:

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field.

But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away."

Matthew 13:24-25 NLT

Matthew gives us this story from Jesus straight after the one about the seed and the types of soil the seed is planted in. 

Again its some kind of description of the Kingdom of Heaven. 

This one has a farmer too who is planting seed. Good seed.

And the problem is not the soil, and the problem is not the soil but some other party.

Someone is sneaking in in the night.

An enemy. 

I wonder what Jesus wanted his 1st century Jewish audience to hear?

How is this describing the Kingdom of Heaven? 

(It seems to be a place in the here-and-now).

(It seems to be a place with goodness, and with problems, enemies).

Does this seem weird that an enemy would plant weeds amongst your crops?

What's the enemy's objective?

(Our enemy is sneaky and deceptive with a long game in mind?)

It seems that we have to wonder about these stories and what they say about the Kingdom of Heaven.

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