Psalm 37:8-14

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⁸^(A)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
^(B)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
⁹^(C)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall ^(D)inherit the land.

¹⁰In ^(E)just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
though you look carefully at ^(F)his place, he will not be there.
¹¹But ^(G)the meek shall inherit the land
and delight themselves in ^(H)abundant peace.

¹²The wicked ^(I)plots against the righteous
and ^(J)gnashes his teeth at him,
¹³but the Lord ^(K)laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his ^(L)day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked draw the sword and ^(M)bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ^(N)way is upright;

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Matthew 13:24-30

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The Parable of the Weeds

²⁴He put another parable before them, saying, ^(A)“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, ²⁵but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds^[a] among the wheat and went away. ²⁶So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. ²⁷And the servants^[b] of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ ²⁸He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ ²⁹But he said, ^(B)‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, ^(C)“Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”