but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
Christ preaches in parables to keep men attending and expecting, trying all ways to do good to souls; the Gospel holds mysteries kept secret from the foundation of the world, now revealed in plain sight, and we ought to welcome it as we welcome any unveiling of ancient and hidden things.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 13:24-43
So the servants of the householder came,.... Christ is the "householder"; the house of which he is master is the church, called the household of God, the household of faith, the family in heaven, and in earth; in which house he bears and sustains many relations, as those of a son, a priest, a master, or governor.
Verse 25. While men slept, his enemy came, etc. That is, in the night, when it could be done without being seen, an enemy came and scattered bad seed on the new-ploughed field, perhaps before the good seed had been harrowed in. Satan thus sows false doctrine in darkness.