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Matthew 13:29
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
King James Version
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
World English Bible
“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
American Standard Version
But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
Geneva Bible 1599
But he saide, Nay, lest while yee goe about to gather the tares, yee plucke vp also with them the wheat.
Darby Translation
But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
Young's Literal Translation
'And he said, No, lest — gathering up the darnel — ye root up with it the wheat,
Bible in Basic English
But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
28‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
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