Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tares' occurs 19 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tares' in the standard works and contain 73.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 86:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

 86:1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, concerning the parable of the wheat and of the tares:

 86:2 Behold, verily I say, the field was the world, and the apostles were the sowers of the seed;

 86:3 And after they have fallen asleep the great persecutor of the church, the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations to drink of her cup, in whose hearts the enemy, even Satan, sitteth to reign-- behold he soweth the tares; wherefore, the tares choke the wheat and drive the church into the wilderness.

 86:4 But behold, in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender--

 86:5 Behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fields;

 86:6 But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also.

 86:7 Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned.




Matt. 13:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 8 0 8
BM 0 0 0
DC 11 0 11
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 0 19

Matt. 13:25
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Matt. 13:26
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

Matt. 13:27
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

Matt. 13:29
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Matt. 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Matt. 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Matt. 13:38
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Matt. 13:40
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

D&C 38:12
Which causeth silence to reign, and all eternity is pained, and the angels are waiting the great command to reap down the earth, to gather the tares that they may be burned; and, behold, the enemy is combined.

D&C 86:1
Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, concerning the parable of the wheat and of the tares:

D&C 86:3
And after they have fallen asleep the great persecutor of the church, the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations to drink of her cup, in whose hearts the enemy, even Satan, sitteth to reign-- behold he soweth the tares; wherefore, the tares choke the wheat and drive the church into the wilderness.

D&C 86:6
But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also.

D&C 86:7
Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned.

D&C 88:94
And another angel shall sound his trump, saying: That great church, the mother of abominations, that made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, that persecuteth the saints of God, that shed their blood-- she who sitteth upon many waters, and upon the islands of the sea-- behold, she is the tares of the earth; she is bound in bundles; her bands are made strong, no man can loose them; therefore, she is ready to be burned. And he shall sound his trump both long and loud, and all nations shall hear it.

D&C 101:65
Therefore, I must gather together my people, according to the parable of the wheat and the tares, that the wheat may be secured in the garners to possess eternal life, and be crowned with celestial glory, when I shall come in the kingdom of my Father to reward every man according as his work shall be;

D&C 101:66
While the tares shall be bound in bundles, and their bands made strong, that they may be burned with unquenchable fire.