Matthew 13:29
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
- KJV
- But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
- WEB
- “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
- ASV
- But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
- DARBY
- But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
- BLB
- And he said, ‘No, lest collecting the weeds, you⁺ might uproot the wheat with them.
- ÅB
- Men han sa: ‘Nei, for dere kunne komme til å rykke opp hveten når dere sanker ugresset sammen.
- OTB
- Men han sa: ‘Nei, for at dere ikke, mens dere samler opp ugresset, også skal rykke opp hveten med det.
- B1930
- Men han sa: Nei, forat I ikke også skal rykke op hveten når I sanker ugresset sammen.