When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew.
It took root there and grew into a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned up toward the eagle, and its roots grew down into the ground. It produced strong branches and put out shoots.
But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away.
“The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?’