Matthew 13: 24 - 32
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| 24
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Another parable he put before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field;
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| 25
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but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
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| 26
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So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
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| 27
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And the servants of the householder came and said to him, `Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?'
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| 28
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He said to them, `An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, `Then do you want us to go and gather them?'
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| 29
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But he said, `No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
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| 30
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Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
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| 31
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Another parable he put before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
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| 32
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it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."
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