en_tn/mat/13/27.md

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)