“ ‘No,’ he said. ‘When you gather up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them.
But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.
“ ‘An enemy did this! ’ he told them. “ ‘So, do you want us to go and gather them up? ’ the slaves asked him.
Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but store the wheat in my barn.’ ”