And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’
Matthew 13:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He replied to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and weed them out? American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? Common English Bible “‘An enemy has done this,’ he answered. “The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’ Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them, 'A man who is an enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Is it your will that we should go and gather them up?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? |
And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’
But he replied, ‘No, for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.