But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
WEB
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
YLT
`And he said, No, lest--gathering up the darnel--ye root up with it the wheat,
DBT
But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentMatthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
- Author
- Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
- Date
- c. AD 50–60