The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat

24 He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while his[a] people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel[b] in the midst of the wheat and went away. 26 So when the wheat[c] sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:25 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Matthew 13:25 A weed that looks similar to wheat but has poisonous seeds
  3. Matthew 13:26 Literally “grass,” “hay,” but in this context referring to the good plants as opposed to the weeds