The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat

²⁴ He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. ²⁵ But while his^[a] people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel^[b] in the midst of the wheat and went away. ²⁶ So when the wheat^[c] sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also. ²⁷ So the slaves of the master of the house came and^[d] said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?’ ²⁸ And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ So the slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and^[e] gather them?’ ²⁹ But he said, “No, lest when you^[f] gather the darnel you uproot the wheat together with it. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the season of the harvest I will tell the reapers, “First gather the darnel and tie it into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my storehouse.”’”