“But he said, Nay: lest while yee gather vp the tares, ye root vp also the wheat with them.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
- King James Version
"But he *said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
- Basic English Bible
But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
- Darby Bible
But he said, No; lest while ye gather the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
- Webster's Bible
`No,' he replied, `for fear that while collecting the darnel you should at the same time root up the wheat with it.
- Weymouth Bible
But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
- World English Bible
And he seide, Nay, lest perauenture ye in gaderynge taris drawen vp with hem the whete bi the roote.
- Wycliffe Bible
`And he said, No, lest -- gathering up the darnel -- ye root up with it the wheat,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 13:29
Mt 13:29 Nay; lest . . . ye root up also the wheat with them. The roots of the wheat and tares were often so intertwined that one could not be pulled up without the other.