013:026 But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed,
then appears the darnel also.
013:027 "So the farmer's men come and ask him, "`Sir, was it not
good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does
the darnel come from?'
013:028 "`Some enemy has done this,' he said. "`Shall we go,
and collect it?' the men inquire.
013:029 "`No,' he replied, `for fear that while collecting the darnel
you should at the same time root up the wheat with it.
013:030 Leave both to grow together until the harvest, and at harvest-time
I will direct the reapers, Collect the darnel first,
and make it up into bundles to burn it, but bring all the wheat
into my barn.'"
013:031 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of
the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man
takes and sows in his ground.
013:032 It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it
is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds
come and build in its branches."
013:033 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of
the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes
and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till
the whole mass has risen."
013:034 All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language,
and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,
013:035 in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I will open
my mouth in figurative language, I will utter things kept
hidden since the creation of all things."
013:036 When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house,
His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us