Matthew 13:29
World English Bible (WEB)
“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
In context
27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’
28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’
29 “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
31 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field,
Matthew 13:29 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
- KJV King James Version
- But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also 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.