28. " 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull the weeds up?'
29. " 'No,' the owner answered. 'While you are pulling up the weeds, you might pull up the wheat with them.
30. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the workers what to do. Here is what I will say to them. First collect the weeds. Tie them in bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat. Bring it into my storeroom.' "
31. Jesus told the crowd another story. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. Someone took the seed and planted it in a field.
32. It is the smallest of all your seeds. But when it grows, it is the largest of all garden plants. It becomes a tree. Birds come and rest in its branches."