When the servants of the householder came and asked him from whence the tares had come, seeing he had sown good seed in his field, he told them that an enemy had sowed the weeds among his grain to injure him. Then they inquired if they might not gather out the tares and leave the wheat free. “But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” {2SP 247.4}

Da kom husbondens tjenere og spurgte ham, hvorfra rajgræsset var kommet, eftersom han havde sået god sæd i sin ager, sagde han til (248) dem, at et fjendsk menneske havde sået ukrudt blandt sæden for at skade ham. De spurgte derpå, om de skulle luge rajgræsset af, så hveden kunne vokse frit. "Men han siger: "Nej, for at I ikke, når I samler rajgræsset fra, skal rykke hveden op tillige med det. Lad kun begge dele gro side om side indtil høsten; og i høstens tid vil jeg sige til høstfolkene: "Saml først rajgræsset fra og bind det i knipper for at brænde det, men bring hveden hjem i min lade!" (29.,30.vers)