^{24 Ref} Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

^{25 Ref} and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

^{26 Ref} and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.