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matthew 13:24–26 — elder ray betts teaches that believers must continually cultivate the garden of their minds by recognizing and removing harmful thoughts before they become deeply rooted attitudes. he applies yeshua's parable of the wheat and tares to the importance of spiritual discernment, warning that bitterness, jealousy, pride, unforgiveness, gossip, and manipulation can appear harmless while gradually corrupting a believer's spiritual life. through galatians 5:22–23, he teaches that genuine spiritual growth produces the fruit of the spirit rather than merely an outward appearance of righteousness. john 14:15 establishes obedience as an expression of love for yeshua, while matthew 23:27 warns against hypocrisy and inward corruption concealed by outward religious appearances. he further emphasizes that prayer, repentance, truthful correction, and remaining connected to yeshua are necessary for producing authentic spiritual fruit. the interpretation of the wheat and tares as competing thoughts within an individual's mind is the speaker's devotional application of the parable, rather than its explicit identification of the good seed and weeds as people in matthew 13:37–39.