# Connecting Statement:

Jesus continues to tell a parable about a field with both wheat and weeds growing in it.

# the landowner

This is the same person who sowed good seed in his field.

# did you not sow good seed in your field?

The servants used a question to emphasize their surprise. Alternate translation: "you sowed good seed in your field!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# did you not sow

The landowner probably had his servants plant the seeds. Alternate translation: "did we not sow" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])