Matthew 13:24-30

The Parable of the Weeds

24 He put another parable before them, saying, ¹“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds^[a] among the wheat and went away.

26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.

27 And the servants^[b] 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 weeds? ’

28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this. ’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them? ’

29 But he said, ²‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, ³Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn. ’”

Cross References

• 1. 13:24 ver. 37-42; [Mark 4:26-29]
• 2. 13:29 [1 Cor. 4:5]
• 3. 13:30 ch. 3:12

Footnotes

• [a] 13:25 Probably 'darnel', a wheat-like weed
• [b] 13:27 Greek 'bondservants'; also verse 28