^{24 Ref} He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

^{25 Ref} but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel{darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat, and went away.

^{26 Ref} But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel appeared also.

^{27 Ref} 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?'

^{28 Ref} "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

²⁹ "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel, you root up the wheat with them.

^{30 Ref} Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

^{31 Ref} He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;