View fullsize Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, 1624, by Abraham Bloemaert. The "lazy peasants" sleep instead of work, representing the sin of sloth. DesidiousAdjectiveSlothful “An alteration of the Latin dēsidiōsus (“slothful”), from dēsidia (“idleness”, “indolence”, “sloth”), from dēsideō (“I sit idle”), from dē (“completely”, “thoroughly”) + sedeō (“I sit”)” — Wiktionary Source: Wikitionary Leave a comment