Homélie du 16ème dimanche ordinaire A 2026 Matthieu 13, 24-43

The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 13:24-43 At that time, Jesus told the crowd this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ He replied, ‘An enemy did this.’ The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’” He replied, “No, because while you are pulling up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the harvesters, ‘First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’” Then he told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grew, it was the largest of garden plants and became a tree, so that the birds came and nested in its branches.” He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough. “All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: ‘I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.’ Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, ‘Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.’ He answered, ‘The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.’” The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!