Matthew 13:24-30

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²⁴ Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer sowing good seed in his field; ²⁵ but one night as he slept, his enemy came and sowed thistles among the wheat. ²⁶ When the crop began to grow, the thistles grew too.

²⁷ “The farmer’s men came and told him, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that choice seed is full of thistles!’

²⁸ “‘An enemy has done it,’ he exclaimed.

“‘Shall we pull out the thistles?’ they asked.

²⁹ “‘No,’ he replied. ‘You’ll hurt the wheat if you do. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and I will tell the reapers to sort out the thistles and burn them, and put the wheat in the barn.’”