Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Matthew 13:27-31 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

27. Then the man’s servants came to him and said, ‘You planted good seed in your field. Where did the weeds come from?’

28. “The man answered, ‘An enemy planted weeds.’ “The servants asked, ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’

29. “He answered, ‘No, because when you pull up the weeds, you might also pull up the wheat.

30. Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time. At the harvest time I will tell the workers this: First, gather the weeds and tie them together to be burned. Then gather the wheat and bring it to my barn.’”

31. Then Jesus told the people another story: “God’s kingdom is like a mustard seed that a man plants in his field.