Matthew 13:24-43

(The consideration of the parables of the mustard seed and the leaves is purposefully deferred until a future part of the exposition)

1. In the first place, this parable teaches us, that good and evil will always be found together in the professing Church, until the end of the world.
2. In the second place the parable teaches us, that there is to be a day of separation between the godly and ungodly members of the visible Church, at the end of the world.