"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.

"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

"therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to thrust forth laborers into his harvest field."

He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

"The slaves of the owner went to him and said: "'Was it not good seed, sir, that you sowed in your field? From whence then, do you get tares?'

He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.

After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One.

and the man in the field not turn back to get his cloak.

At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.

So after the consultation they bought the Potter's Field with it, for a burial-place for strangers.

That is the reason why, to this day, the field is called "The Field of Blood."

and gave them for the Potter's Field, as the Lord had appointed me.

and he who is in the field, let him not turn back to get his cloak.

"Now if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. 'I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.'

"So they began to make merry. But his elder son was in the field, and as he drew near to the house he heard music and dancing,

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, 'Come at once, sit down to dinner,'

"On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.

"This fact became known to the people of Jerusalem so that the place was called in their language, Acheldamach, The Field of Blood.

Never revenge yourself, beloved, but leave the field clear for God's wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's field, you are God's building.