23 And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? From where then has it weeds?

24 And he said to them, A hostile man has done this. And the slaves say to him, Will you then that we go and gather them up?

25 But he says, No; lest perhaps while you{} gather up the weeds, you{} root up the wheat with them.

26 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

27 Another parable he set before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: