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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. AT: "you sowed good seed in your field!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
did you not sow
The landowner probably had his servants plant the seeds. AT: "did we not sow" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
He said to them
"The landowner said to the servants"
So do you want us
The word "us" refers to the servants.