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Jesus presentedanotherparable to them, saying, "1The kingdom of heavenamay be compared to a man who sowedgoodseed in his field.25"But while his men were sleeping, his enemycame and sowedbtaresamong the wheat, and wentaway.26"But when the cwheatsprouted and boregrain, then the taresbecameevidentalso.27"The slaves of the landownercame and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sowgoodseed in your field ? dHowthen does it havetares ?'28"And he said to them, 'An eenemy has donethis !' The slavessaid 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'Allowboth to growtogetheruntil the harvest ; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "Firstgather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but 2gather the wheat into my barn."' "
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