The kingdom of heaven] See notes on v. 19. is likened unto a man which sowed] Christ sheweth in this parable of the wheat and tares or weeds, that the Church shall have good and bad men in it to the end of the world: and therefore the faithfull must not be offended at it. good seed in his field] Before, the seed was the word preached; now, it signifies good men, raised up by God in his Church.