24 ANOTHER comparison he allegorized unto them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25 And while men slept, came his adversary, and sowed zizania among the wheat, and went.

26 And when the plant sprang up and produced fruit, then appeared the zizania.

27 And the labourers of the house-lord drew near and said to him, Our lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From whence then is the zizania in it?

28 But he said to them, A foeman hath done this. The labourers say to him, Art thou willing that we go and gather them?

29 But he said to them, (No,) lest, when ye gather the zizania, you root out with them the wheat also.

30 Leave (them), that both may grow together till the harvest; and in the season of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather first the zizania, and bind them (together in) bundles, that they may burn; but the wheat collect into my barns.