23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and (A)understands it. He indeed (B)bears fruit and yields, in one case (C)a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

The Parable of the Weeds

24 He put another parable before them, saying, (D)“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[a] among the wheat and went away.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:25 Probably darnel, a wheat-like weed

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