So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and departed.
But when the blade had sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
He said to them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said to him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them?
For the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
We then, as co-workers with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.