< Matthew 13 >

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea.
2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
And many multitudes came together to him, so that he went into a ship and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way: and the birds came and ate them up.
5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Others fell on stony places, where they had not much earth; and they immediately sprung up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
But when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
Others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked them.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
Others fell upon good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundred, some fifty, some thirty.
9 He who has ears, let him hear.”
He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables?
11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
He answered, and said to them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says: You shall surely hear, and you will not understand; and you shall surely see, and you will not perceive.
15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
For the heart of this people has become fat; and with their ears they hear heavily; and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn to me, and I should give them health.
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
For verily I say to you, Many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear.
18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
Hear you, therefore, the parable of the sower.
19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the wayside.
20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
He that received seed on the stony places is he that hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy.
21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately takes offense.
22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
He that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
But he that received seed on the good ground, is he that hears the word and understands it; who also produces fruit, and yields, one a hundred; another, sixty; another, thirty.
24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.
25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.
26 When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
But when the blade sprung up, and produced fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
And the servants of the master of the house came, and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence, then, has it tares?
28 ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Is it your will, then, that we go and gather them up?
29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
But he said, No; lest while you are gathering the tares, you root up the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
Let both grow together till the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Collect first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my granary.
31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, that a man took and sowed in his field.
32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
It is, indeed, the least of all seeds; but when it is grown it is the largest of garden-plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and roost in its branches.
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them;
35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Then Jesus left the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him and said: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
He answered and said to them: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are the sons of the Wicked One;
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. (aiōn g165)
the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. (aiōn g165)
40 As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. (aiōn g165)
As, therefore, the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the end of this age. (aiōn g165)
41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
The Son of man will send forth his angels, and collect out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who work iniquity,
42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which, when a man finds it, he hides; and for the joy it gives, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls.
46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
When he finds one pearl of great value, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys it.
47 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that is cast into the sea, and that gathers of every kind:
48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
when it is full, they draw it to the shore; and sitting down, they collect the good into vessels, but throw the bad away.
49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous, (aiōn g165)
So shall it be in the end of the age: the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just, (aiōn g165)
50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
and cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
Jesus said to them: Have you understood all these things? They said to him: Yes, Lord.
52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
He said to them: Therefore, every scribe that is trained for the kingdom of heaven, is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasury things new and old.
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from that place.
54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said: Whence has this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?
56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”
And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, has this man all these things?
57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
And they found in him occasion for offense. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless it be in his own country and in his own house.
58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
And he did not many mighty works there, on account of their unbelief.

< Matthew 13 >