²⁷ And the slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? ^[a]How then does it have weeds?’ ²⁸ And he said to them, ‘^[b]An enemy has done this!’ The slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ ²⁹ But he *said, ‘No; while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. ³⁰ Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them; but ^(A)gather the wheat into my barn.”’”