27 The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? [a]How then does it have tares?’ 28 And he said to them, ‘An [b]enemy has done this!’ The slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he *said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:27 Lit From where
  2. Matthew 13:28 Lit enemy man