It assisted them to see the great vision which lifted Greece from barbarism to great civilization. But we are not left to imagine what Jesus meant these tares to symbolize. Then, they asked him to explain the parable of the tares in the field. He answered, I tell you the truth, the father of the family is God our Lord, the Father of all things, since it was He who created everything. But He is not a father as nature knows a father, because he does not move.
Generation is dependant upon silent motion.
Nevertheless, He ownes the world. The field where he sows is Mankind and the seed is the Word of God. God answers them, I gave good teachings to men, but while they sleep in their vanity , Satan sows errors among them in order to bring to nothing my laws. The Lord answers them, Do not do that, because the faithful are joined to the infidels by kinship. To wipe out the infidels would also destroy the faithful.