When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, the weeds also appeared.
The young plant sprouted until it became a low spreading vine. Its branches grew up toward the great eagle, and its roots grew down deep into the soil. So, it became a vine, branching out and sprouting new shoots.
But when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat and ran away.
So the farmer’s hired hands came to him and said, ‘Sir, wasn’t that good seed that you sowed in the field? Where did all these weeds come from?’