Matthew 13:25-30 ▼

25 |But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

26 |But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also.

27 |The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?'

28 |And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?'

29 |But he said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.

30 Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, |First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.|'|