Matthew 13:29

The Parable of the Weeds

28‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’29‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

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Berean Standard Bible
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
American Standard Version (1901)
But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
Bible in Basic English
But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.
Free Bible Version
‘No,’ he answered, ‘as you pull up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat too.
Geneva Bible 1599
But he saide, Nay, lest while yee goe about to gather the tares, yee plucke vp also with them the wheat.
King James (Authorized) Version
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
One Unity Resource Bible
“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
Translation for Translators
He said to them, ‘No, do not do that, because you might pull up some of the wheat at the same time.
Unlocked Literal Bible
The landowner said, 'No. Because while you are pulling out the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.
Noah Webster Bible
But he said, No; lest while ye gather the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
World English Bible
“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
Young's Literal Translation
'And he said, No, lest — gathering up the darnel — ye root up with it the wheat,