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Matthew 13:29

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But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

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Matthew 13:29 in other translations

“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

Matthew 13:29 · World English Bible

Matthew 13:29 in context

  1. 27And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?
  2. 28And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
  3. 29But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
  4. 30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
  5. 31Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: