But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
Matthew 13:29 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the [true] wheat along with it. American Standard Version (1901) But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. Common English Bible “But the landowner said, ‘No, because if you gather the weeds, you’ll pull up the wheat along with them. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: 'No, lest perhaps in gathering the weeds, you might also root out the wheat together with it. English Standard Version 2016 But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. |
But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?
Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.