24 Another parable He set before them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field.

25 But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.

26 But when the stalk had sprouted and produced fruit, then the tares also appeared.

27 So the servants of the master of the house approached and said to him, 'Sir, [was it ]not good seed you sowed in your field? From where then does it have tares?'

28 "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Do you wish then that we should go and gather them up?'

29 "But he said, 'No, lest gathering up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.

30 Leave both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them, but gather together the wheat into my barn."' "