25 But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.
26 So when the wheat sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also.
27 So the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?’
28 And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ So the slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
29 But he said, “No, lest when you gather the darnel you uproot the wheat together with it.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the season of the harvest I will tell the reapers, “First gather the darnel and tie it into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my storehouse.” ’ ”
31 He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.