The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’
While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.
When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.
He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.
I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles, in opposition to the teaching that you learned; avoid them.
If Timothy comes, see that he is without fear in your company, for he is doing the work of the Lord just as I am.
Working together, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
on the contrary, in everything we commend ourselves as ministers of God, through much endurance, in afflictions, hardships, constraints,
Adulterers! Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God.