But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.
Matthew 13:29 - English Majority Text Version "But he said, 'No, lest gathering up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. 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. |
But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.
"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Do you wish then that we should go and gather them up?'
Leave both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them, but gather together the wheat into my barn." ' "