Matthew 13:30
Let them both grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather out first the tares, and bind them in bundles to be burned; but the wheat gather ye into my granary.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
29And he said to them, No, lest, while ye gather out the tares, ye also eradicate the wheat with them.
Cross References
Matthew 3:12His winnowing shovel is in his hand; and he will make clean his threshing-floor. The wheat he will gather into his storehouse; and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished.
Matthew 22:10And those servants went out into the streets, and collected all they found, both bad and good; and the place of feasting was filled with guests.
Matthew 25:32And before him will be gathered all nations; and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd severeth the sheep from the goats.
Luke 3:17He holdeth his winnowing shovel in his hand, and he will make clean his threshing floor; and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:25-44
Parable of the Tares, the Mustard-Seed, the Leaven, &c.. 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 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? 28 He… Read the whole commentary →