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So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
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He said to them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said to him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them?
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But he said, No; lest while ye gather the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
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Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
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Another parable he proposed to 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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Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge on its branches.
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Another parable he spoke to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable he spoke not to them:
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field.
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He answered and said to them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;