Matthew 13:24-30

The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat

24 He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25 But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.

26 So when the {wheat} sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also.

27 So the slaves of the master of the house came [and] said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

28 And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' So the slaves said to him, 'Then do you want us to go [and] gather them?'

29 But he said, "No, lest [when you] gather the darnel you uproot the wheat together with it.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the season of the harvest I will tell the reapers, "First gather the darnel and tie it into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my storehouse." '"

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [b]. A weed that looks similar to wheat but has poisonous seeds
• [c]. Literally "grass," "hay," but in this context referring to the good plants as opposed to the weeds
• [d]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb
• [e]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go") has been translated as an English infinitive
• [f]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("gather") which is understood as temporal