24 He set before them another parable. "The Kingdom of heaven is like a man who sows good seed in his field."

25 "It came to pass when the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares over the wheat, and he went away."

26 "It came to pass that when the herb grew up to make fruit, then he saw the tares".

27 "The servants of the landowner drew near to him and said to him; ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed, then where did the tares come from?’"

28 "He said to them, ‘My enemy did this! His servants said to him: ‘We will uproot the tares’"

29 "He said to them: ‘No, lest you uproot the wheat’"

30 "But let them remain together and grow up until the harvest and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: ‘Gather the tares first and bind them into individual bundles for burning and the wheat put into the granary’"