NIV: "'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.
NAS: "But he said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may 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.
GWT: "He replied, 'No. If you pull out the weeds, you may pull out the wheat with them.
ASV: But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
BBE: But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
DBY: But he said, No; lest in gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
DRB: And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.
WBS: But he said, No; lest while ye gather 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.
YLT: 'And he said, No, lest -- gathering up the darnel -- ye root up with it the wheat,
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