Matthew 13:27-29
Worldwide English (New Testament)
27 The servants came and said to the man who owned the field, "Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How did the weeds get here?"
28 `He answered them, "A bad man has done this." They asked him, "Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?"
29 ` "No," said the man. "If you pull up the weeds, then the good plants will come up with them.
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Matthew 13:27-29
New International Version
27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.
Matthew 13:37-39
Worldwide English (New Testament)
37 Jesus answered, `The person who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world. The good seed means the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds mean those who belong to the bad one.
39 The bad man who planted the weeds is the devil. The harvest time is the end of this world. The men who cut the harvest are angels.
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Matthew 13:37-39
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37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.(A) 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,(B) 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(C) is the end of the age,(D) and the harvesters are angels.(E)
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