Matthew 13:29
“But he said, Nay: lest while yee gather vp the tares, ye root vp also the wheat with them.”
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Matthew 13:29 Context
27So the seruants of the housholder came, and said vnto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seede in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28He said vnto them, An enemy hath done this. The seruants said vnto him, Wilt thou then that we goe and gather them vp? 29But he said, Nay: lest while yee gather vp the tares, ye root vp also the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together vntil the haruest: and in the time of haruest, I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and binde them in bundels to burne them: but gather the wheat into my barne. 31¶ Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying, The kingdome of heauen is like to a graine of mustard seed, which a man tooke, and sowed in his field.
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Other Translations for Matthew 13:29
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.