29. “But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the darnel you also uproot the wheat with them.
30. ‘Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I shall say to the reapers, “First gather the darnel and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my granary.” ’ ”
31. Another parable He put before them, saying, “The reign of the heavens is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field,
32. which indeed is less than all the seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than the plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and dwell in its branches.”
33. Another parable He spoke to them, “The reign of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until all was leavened.”
34. יהושע said all this to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable,
35. so that what was spoken by the prophet might be filled, saying, “I shall open My mouth in parables, I shall pour forth what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36. Then, having sent the crowds away, יהושע went into the house. And His taught ones came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.”
37. And He answering, said to them, “He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Aḏam,
38. and the field is the world. And the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, but the darnel are the sons of the wicked one,