Every day we witness injustice in the world. Bad things seem to happen to good people and evil people seem to have good things happening to them. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Good people are abused and persecuted by evil people and they get away with it. And in our exasperation, many times we comment, “leave it in the hands of God” or “God will take care of it” or “they’ll get what’s coming to them, God will see to that.”
Jesus’ parable tells us that here on earth, good and evil coexist and both can be sown into our hearts. He warns us that there is an enemy that will try to destroy the good before it can bear fruit so we must not allow the bad seed to take root and consume us. In the end, there shall be justice. There will be a separation of good and evil and each will reap what he has sown. The good will inherit the kingdom, the bad will be thrown into the furnace and get their due punishment. Then will the separation of good and evil be permanent. Therefore, the impenitent should have every reason to be alarmed and the righteous can take satisfaction in the thought that they will eventually get their just reward.
