22. “And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.
23. “And that sown on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields – some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
24. Another parable He put before them, saying, “The reign of the heavens has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
25. but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.
26. “And when the blade sprouted and bore fruit, then the darnel also appeared.
27. “And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then does it have the darnel?’
28. “And he said to them, ‘A man, an enemy did this.’ And the servants said to him, ‘Do you wish then, that we go and gather them up?’
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.” ’ ”