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D&C 86:6 · Matthew 13:29

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 86:6
"But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also."
New Testament Matthew 13:29
"But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them."

Both refuse the same request with the same reason and neither shares more than the conjunction and the object with the other. Two things belong to the revelation alone: a timing condition, the blade being yet tender, and a parenthetical assessment of the askers which has no counterpart of any kind in the parable. In the parable the askers are servants; in the revelation they are angels crying day and night. The parable's own explanation does name the reapers as angels, at Matthew 13:39, but does not put the request in their mouths. The section names the parable in its first verse. Registered at the 2026-08-11 editorial review. Minted asserted_by: source at the 2026-08-10 editorial review.