Matthew 13:29
King James Version (KJV)
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
In context
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Matthew 13:29 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
- WEB World English Bible
- “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And he said, No, lest — gathering up the darnel — ye root up with it the wheat,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But he said, No; lest while ye gather the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.