²⁷ So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’

²⁸ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’

⁸ He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ^(A)he who abides in love abides in God, and God ^(B)in him.

³⁰ And you shall ^(A)love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ ^[a]This is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second, like it, is this: ^(B)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than ^(C)these.”