But he *said, ‘No; while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.
But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.
And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’
Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”