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Matthew 13:29
But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
Matthew 13:29 · American Standard Version
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Matthew 13:29 in other translations
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
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In context
26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?
28 And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.
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