“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?”
King James Version (KJV)
13:27 Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it darnel? - Not from the parent of good. Even the heathen could say, No evil can from thee proceed: 'Tis only suffer'd, not decreed: As darkness is not from the sun, Nor mount the shades, till he is gone.
Mt 13:27 From whence then hath it tares? When the harvest was near at hand the difference was seen.
So 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?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?
- Basic English Bible
And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?
- Darby Bible
So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
- Webster's Bible
So the farmer's men come and ask him, `Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'
- Weymouth Bible
The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
- World English Bible
And the seruauntis of the hosebonde man camen, and seiden to hym, Lord, whether hast thou not sowun good seed in thi feeld? where of thanne hath it taris?
- Wycliffe Bible
`And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?
- Youngs Literal Bible