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30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
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30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
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31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
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31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
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32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
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32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
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33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."
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33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
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34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
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34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
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35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
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35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world."
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36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field."
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36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
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37 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
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37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
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38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
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38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
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39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
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40 As therefore the darnel is gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be in the end of this age.
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40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
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