Matthew 13:24 says, Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:  Jesus continued to teach using parables.  There was nothing mysterious and difficult to understand when Jesus taught, and there shouldn't be when we present the gospel today.  Sometimes, we seem to want to show off our intelligence or education more than we want to present the simple message of the gospel.  We need to present the gospel in such a way that even the simplest of people can understand it.  Jesus once again referred to a man sowing his field, and we know this man represented Jesus.  Verse twenty-five says, But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.  This enemy was out to destroy the man's crop without actually killing it.  He just wanted the tares to make it hard to separate the good seed from the bad.  We know that the gospel can never be destroyed, so there are those today who would like to make it harder for the gospel to grow in the world, so they attempt to choke it out with worldly concerns, and even with false religions.  Verse twenty-six says, But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.  The good seed grew up to bear fruit, but so did the tares.  As followers of Christ, we will always be in the presence of the tares, or those things that would choke off the gospel.  There will never be a time in this world when there won't be someone who is working against the gospel, sowing those tares.  Verse twenty seven states, So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?  The servants would be us the followers of Christ. The servants asked the one who sowed if he hadn't sowed good seed.  When we see the tares of the world attempting to choke off the gospel, we really do not need to ask if the gospel is good.  We simply need to continue to grow in faith, no matter how much opposition we may meet from the world.  In verse twenty-eight Jesus answers, He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?   Jesus said that an enemy had planted the tares, and we know that the enemy of the gospel is Satan.  The servants wanted to know if they should go and gather up the tares.  It would be great if we could remove all the things that attempt to destroy the gospel from the world, but that is impossible.  Verse twenty-nine declares, But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.  Jesus tells us that the sower said no to removing the tares, because they might uproot the wheat as well.  I believe that Jesus was saying that there is no way for us to separate and destroy evil people without possibly destroying some good people as well.  Verse thirty states, Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.  Just as the sower of good seed allowed both the wheat and tares to grow until they were harvested and then first separated and destroyed the tares, so will God allow both His followers and those who deny Him to live until the time of judgment.  For most, that will be death, but for some it will be the second coming of Christ.  Verse thirty-one says, Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:  Jesus uses another parable about a man sowing, this time specifying the seed sown, a mustard seed.  Verse thirty-two says, Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.  From the smallest of seeds came the greatest of herbs.  We know this is a reference to our faith.  From the smallest of faith in Christ can come the greatest life that a person can live, and it will be of benefit to others.  Then verse thirty-three says,  Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.  In this parable Jesus speaks of leavening hid in meal.  Though the leavening was small, it leavened the whole three measures of meal.  We can view this as a reference to our faith, which should affect our whole life, or our proclaiming the gospel, which can affect the whole world.  I believe that we can say that once we have accepted Christ that we should work to bring those around us to Christ, that they might be brought to a spiritual rebirth.