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27 So the slaves[a] of the landowner[b] came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the darnel come from?’ 28 He said, ‘An enemy has done this!’ So[c] the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather it?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:27 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
  2. Matthew 13:27 sn The term landowner here refers to the owner and manager of a household.
  3. Matthew 13:28 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the owner’s statement.