"But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them." — Matthew 13:29

Matthew 13:29 · KJV

“But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.”

— Matthew 13:29

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

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.

Matthew 13 — Context

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?

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

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: