Matthew 13
1 And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,
On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
2 and gathered together to Him were many multitudes, so that He having gone into the boat sat down, and all the multitude on the beach stood,
And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.
3 and He spoke to them many things in allegories, saying, “Behold, the sower went forth to sow,
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the birds having come, devoured them,
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:
5 and others fell on the rocky places where they did not have much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through having no depth of earth,
And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
6 and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through having no root, they withered,
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
7 and others fell on the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them,
And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
8 and others fell on the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
9 He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
He who has ears, let him give ear.
10 And the disciples having come near, said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in allegories?”
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
11 And He answering said to them that, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, and to these it has not been given,
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 for whoever has, it will be given to him, and he will have overabundance, and whoever has not, even that which he has will be taken from him.
Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
13 Because of this, in allegories I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah that says, With hearing you will hear, and you will not understand, and seeing you will see, and you will not perceive,
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
15 for the heart of this people was made obtuse, and with the ears they barely heard, and they closed their eyes, lest they might see with the eyes, and might hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them.
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
16 And blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
17 for truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see that which you look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which you hear, and they did not hear.
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
18 You, therefore, hear the allegory of the sower:
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
19 Everyone hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding—the evil one comes, and snatches that which has been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
20 And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,
And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;
21 and he has no root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
22 And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, chokes the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit. (aiōn g165)
23 And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed bears fruit, and makes, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.”
And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
24 Another allegory He set before them, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
25 and while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,
But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
26 and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.
But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
27 And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then does it have the darnel?
And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?
28 And he says to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Will you, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up?
And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?
29 And he said, No, lest—gathering up the darnel—you root up with it the wheat;
But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
30 permit both to grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.”
Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.
31 Another allegory He set before them, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, sowed in his field,
He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:
32 which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and rest in its branches.”
Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.
33 Another allegory He spoke to them: “The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.”
Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
34 All these things Jesus spoke in allegories to the multitudes, and without an allegory He was not speaking to them,
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open in allegories My mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
36 Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came into the house, and His disciples came near to Him, saying, “Explain to us the allegory of the darnel of the field.”
Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
37 And He answering said to them, “He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,
And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,
And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;
39 and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil, and the harvest is [the] full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers. (aiōn g165)
And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels. (aiōn g165)
40 As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so will it be in the full end of this age; (aiōn g165)
As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world. (aiōn g165)
41 the Son of Man will send forth His messengers, and they will gather up out of His kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the lawlessness,
The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,
42 and will cast them into the furnace of the fire; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
43 Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.
Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.
44 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found, hid, and from his joy goes, and all, as much as he has, he sells, and buys that field.
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking good pearls,
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.
46 who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, has sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.
And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered together of every kind,
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:
48 which, when it was filled, having drawn up again on the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they cast out,
When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.
49 so will it be in the full end of the age, the messengers will come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous, (aiōn g165)
So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good, (aiōn g165)
50 and will cast them into the furnace of the fire; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.”
And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
51 Jesus says to them, “Did you understand all these?” They say to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
52 And He said to them, “Because of this, every scribe having been discipled in regard to the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.”
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these allegories, He removed from there,
And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.
54 and having come to His own country, He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, “From where to this One this wisdom and the mighty works?
And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?
55 Is this not the carpenter’s Son? Is His mother not called Mary, and His brothers James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And His sisters—are they not all with us? From where, then, to this One all these?”
And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?
57 And they were stumbled at Him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house”:
And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.
58 and He did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.
