GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Field
See also Vineyard of the Lord; World

In scripture, an open area of land used for cultivation or pasture. It often symbolizes the world and its peoples.

The field is the world, Matt. 13: 38. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field, Matt. 13: 44. I beheld a large and spacious field, 1 Ne. 8: 9, 20. The field was ripe, Alma 26: 5. The field is white already to harvest, D&C 4: 4 (D&C 6: 3; 11: 3; 12: 3; 14: 3; 31: 4; 33: 3, 7). The field was the world, D&C 86: 1-2. I will liken these kingdoms unto a man having a field, D&C 88: 51.