The Parable of the Weeds
Matthew 13:29
In 9 translations
- BSB
- ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
- KJV
- But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
- WEB
- “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
- ASV
- But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
- LSV
- And he said, No, lest—gathering up the darnel—you root up with it the wheat;
- YLT
- 'And he said, No, lest — gathering up the darnel — ye root up with it the wheat,
- DBY
- But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
- DRC
- And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.
- GNV
- But he saide, Nay, lest while yee goe about to gather the tares, yee plucke vp also with them the wheat.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read φησιν (“he says”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔφη (“he was saying”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: φησιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read φησιν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔφη.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δέ φησιν· Οὔ, μήποτε συλλέγοντες τὰ ζιζάνια ἐκριζώσητε ἅμα αὐτοῖς τὸν σῖτον·
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ ἔφη, Οὔ· μήποτε, συλλέγοντες τὰ ζιζάνια, ἐκριζώσητε ἅμα αὐτοῖς τὸν σῖτον.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ ἔφη, Οὔ· μήποτε, συλλέγοντες τὰ ζιζάνια, ἐκριζώσητε ἅμα αὐτοῖς τὸν σῖτον.
- SCR1894
- ο δε εφη ου μηποτε συλλεγοντες τα ζιζανια εκριζωσητε αμα αυτοις τον σιτον
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