World English Bible

Matthew 13:27

“The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?”

Verse in context — Matthew 13

but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?

But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.