Mat 13:28 He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Do you want us then to go and gather them up?
Christ's symbol for caring is the earth. The seed going into the earth is his symbol for the Spirit going first to caring. Here, Christ explains that the opposite of the caring, hatred (translated as "the enemy"), is the source of problems.
My version: He said to them, "Hatred has produced this." The slaves said to him, "Do you wish for us to go and collect them?"
The "enemy" is from the Greek echthros, which means "hated" and "hateful."
"Done" is from poieo, which means "to make," "to produce," or "to do."
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