'An enemy has done this,' was his answer. 'Do you wish us, then,' they asked,' to go and gather them together?'
On this the owner's servants came to him, and said 'Was not it good seed that you sowed in your field? Where, then, do the tares in it come from?'
'No,' said he, 'for fear that, while you are gathering the tares, you should root up the wheat as well.
We entreat you also, Brothers--warn the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, give a helping hand to the weak, and be patient with every one.