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23 “But the one who receives the seed in the good ground, is he who hears the word and understands it, who also bears fruit and brings forth; some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.”

24 He put forth another parable to them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25 “But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went his way.

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23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”(A)

The Parable of the Weeds

24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(B) a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

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