“ ‘No,’ the owner answered. ‘While you are pulling up the weeds, you might pull up the wheat with them.
But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came. The enemy planted weeds among the wheat and then went away.
“ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The slaves asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the workers what to do. Here is what I will say to them. First collect the weeds. Tie them in bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat. Bring it into my storeroom.’ ”