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.