Matthew 13:29 - Easy To Read Version

²⁹ “The man answered, ‘No, because when you pull up the weeds, you might also pull up the wheat.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the [true] wheat along with it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

Common English Bible

²⁹ “But the landowner said, ‘No, because if you gather the weeds, you’ll pull up the wheat along with them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And he said: 'No, lest perhaps in gathering the weeds, you might also root out the wheat together with it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.

Matthew 13:29 Cross References

Matthew 13:25

That night, all the people were asleep. The man’s enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat. Then the enemy went away.

Matthew 13:28

“The man answered, ‘An enemy planted weeds.’

Matthew 13:30

Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time. At the harvest time I will tell the workers this: First gather the weeds and tie them together to be burned. Then gather the wheat and bring it to my barn.’”