24He set another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a human who had sown good seed in his field."25But while the humans were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds throughout the midst of the grain, and went away.26When the grass had sprouted and produced fruit, then the weeds also appeared.27Then the slaves of the householder came near and said to him: Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?28He said to them, "An enemy did this." Then the slaves said to him, "Do you want us to go and gather them?"29He asserts: No, lest in collecting the weeds you uproot the grain together with them.30Leave both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Collect the weeds first and bind them into bundles to burn them, but gather the grain into my storehouse.