Matthew 13:28
He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Cross-references
Matthew 13:39
Parallel
In Matthew 13:39, Jesus identifies the enemy as the devil and the harvest as the end of the age — explaining why the servants shouldn't uproot yet.
Luke 9:49–54
Parallel
In Luke 9:49-54, the disciples want to forbid an outsider and call fire down on a village — mirroring the servants' impulse to uproot tares prematurely.
Ecclesiastes 3:2
Related theme
In Ecclesiastes 3:2, there is a time to plant and a time to pluck up — the parable illustrates that the time for plucking is at harvest, not now.