 Hypocrites in the church? Do tell. Listen, you could not be a pastor for as many years as I've been a pastor without realizing that there are hypocrites in the church. And that doesn't mean that the gospel has failed, and nor has it taken God by surprise. Look now at the second of these parables, Matthew 13, beginning in verse 24. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field.