Matthew 13:26-30
13:26 When 1 the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
13:27 So the slaves 2 of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’
13:28 He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So 3 the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’
13:29 But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.
13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At 4 harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then 5 gather 6 the wheat into my barn.”’”
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
3 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the owner’s statement.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
5 tn Grk “but.”
6 tn Grk “burned, but gather.”