The landowner, who represents the Lord of heaven, knows of the devil’s dark deeds, but the servants are astonished. The presence of poisonous weeds did not result from poor soil, since they were spread throughout the field. Someone must have deliberately sown the wrong seed. The landowner confirms his servants’ suspicion, telling them that an enemy has sown the bad seed, so the landowner bears no blame for the weeds’ appearance.
Although the enemy came at night, the master of the house knows what happened, for he here represents the Lord of heaven. The dark deeds of the evil one are not hidden from him.1
The servants, however, are deeply astonished. The presence of poisonous weeds could not be explained by poor soil, since they were spread throughout the field. Someone must have deliberately sown the wrong seed. The master of the house confirms his servants’ suspicion, informing them that an enemy has sown the bad seed. It is evident that the landowner bears no blame for the appearance of this poisonous weed.2
27 And the servantsof the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’