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29 And he said, Nay, lest peradventure ye in gathering [the] tares draw up with them [also] the wheat by the root.[a]

30 Suffer ye them both to wax into reaping time; and in the time of ripe corn I shall say to the reapers, First gather ye together the tares, and bind them together in knitches to be burnt, but gather ye the wheat into my barn.[b]

31 Another parable Jesus put forth to them, and said [saying], The kingdom of heavens is like to a corn of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:29 And he said, Nay, lest peradventure ye gathering tares, or cockles, draw up by the root with them also the wheat.
  2. Matthew 13:30 Suffer ye them both wax till to the ripe corn; and in the time of the ripe corn I shall say to the reapers, First gather ye together tares/the darnels, or cockles, and bind them together in knitches, or small bundles, to be burnt, but gather ye the wheat into my barn.

29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”(A)

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(B)(C)

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(D) a mustard seed,(E) which a man took and planted in his field.

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