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29 But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At[a] harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burned, but then gather[b] the wheat into my barn.”’”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

31 He gave[c] them another parable:[d] “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed[e] that a man took and sowed in his field.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:30 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 13:30 tn Grk “burned, but gather”; “then” has been added to the English translation to complete the sequence begun by “First collect.”
  3. Matthew 13:31 tn Grk “put before.”
  4. Matthew 13:31 tn Grk “He set before them another parable, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant and has not been translated.
  5. Matthew 13:31 sn The mustard seed was noted for its tiny size.