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  "url_path": "/types-symbols/tares/",
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    "PARABLE_IMAGE"
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    "PARABLES",
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
  ],
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  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000152",
      "label": "Jesus explicitly interprets the weeds/tares in the parable as the people of the evil one.",
      "classification": "PARABLE_IMAGE",
      "definition": "Jesus explicitly interprets the weeds/tares in the parable as the people of the evil one.",
      "not_always": "The explicit interpretation is limited to this parable and does not make every weed or tare a symbol of apostasy.",
      "scope_note": "The explicit interpretation is limited to this parable and does not make every weed or tare a symbol of apostasy.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000152",
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          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The explicit interpretation is limited to this parable and does not make every weed or tare a symbol of apostasy.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "Full legacy wording remains subject to TSP-S3 unless the S2 statement exactly exhausts it.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000254",
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              "osis_end": null,
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            }
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000091",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: S2 high-certainty anchor loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S2 high-certainty anchor corpus, 2026-09-20",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001111",
      "label": "Matthew 13:36–43 identifies the weeds/tares as the people of the evil one and the sower of them as the devil, but Jesus does not identify the tares with false teaching or define th",
      "classification": "PARABLE_IMAGE",
      "definition": "Matthew 13:36–43 identifies the weeds/tares as the people of the evil one and the sower of them as the devil, but Jesus does not identify the tares with false teaching or define them specifically as apostates; those added legacy equations go beyond the inspired interpretation.",
      "not_always": "The weeds are explicitly interpreted within this parable; their meaning should not be expanded beyond Jesus’ own explanation without further canonical warrant.",
      "scope_note": "The frozen Grade-1 claim remains controlling for “people of the evil one”; the rejection here applies only to the unsupported extensions “false teaching” and “apostates.”",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001111",
          "statement": "Matthew 13:36–43 identifies the weeds/tares as the people of the evil one and the sower of them as the devil, but Jesus does not identify the tares with false teaching or define them specifically as apostates; those added legacy equations go beyond the inspired interpretation.",
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            "PARABLE_IMAGE"
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          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "The frozen Grade-1 claim remains controlling for “people of the evil one”; the rejection here applies only to the unsupported extensions “false teaching” and “apostates.”",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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            "ESCHATOLOGY"
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001664",
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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  "negative_guardrails": []
}