Matthew 13:38-40

Living Bible

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.

⁴⁰ “Just as in this story the thistles are separated and burned, so shall it be at the end of the world: