Matthew 13:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁸ And he said to them, ‘An enemy [of mine] has done this [to me].’ The hired hands replied, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather up the weeds?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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)

²⁸ 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

²⁸ “‘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

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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?

Matthew 13:28 Cross References

Matthew 13:27

The farmer’s hired hands came and asked him, ‘Did you not plant [only] good seed in your field? Where did the weeds come from [then]?’

Matthew 13:29

But the farmer said, ‘No, for while you are gathering up the weeds, you might root up [some of] the wheat with them.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, to warn those who are idle [Note: The word “idle” originally meant, “insubordinate, or unruly.” See II Thess. 3:6-7, 11], encourage those who are timid, help the [spiritually] weak and be patient with everyone.