Matthew 13:41

⁴¹The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.u

Matthew 13 marks a decisive pivot in Jesus’s ministry. He moves from teaching the crowds in synagogues and on hillsides to speaking exclusively in parables — stories that simultaneously reveal and conceal. This chapter collects seven parables about the kingdom of heaven, each one