Matthew 13

¹On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

²And 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.

³And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

⁴And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

⁵And 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:

⁶And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

⁷And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

⁸And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

⁹He who has ears, let him give ear.

¹⁰And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

¹¹And 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.

¹²Because 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.

¹³For 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.

¹⁴And 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:

¹⁵For 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.

¹⁶But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

¹⁷For 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.

¹⁸Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

¹⁹When 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.

²⁰And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

²¹But 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.

²²And 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.

²³And 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.

²⁴And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

²⁵But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

²⁶But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

²⁷And 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?

²⁸And 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?

²⁹But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

³⁰Let 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.

³¹He 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:

³²Which 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.

³³Another 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.

³⁴All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

³⁵That 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.

³⁶Then 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.

³⁷And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

³⁸And 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;

³⁹And 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.

⁴⁰As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

⁴¹The 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,

⁴²And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁴³Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

⁴⁴The 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.

⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

⁴⁶And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.

⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

⁴⁸When 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.

⁴⁹So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

⁵⁰And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁵¹Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

⁵²And 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.

⁵³And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

⁵⁴And 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?

⁵⁵Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?

⁵⁷And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

⁵⁸And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

Matthew 13

¹On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

²And great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

³And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

⁴And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

⁵And others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

⁶But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

⁷Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

⁸Still others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

⁹He who has ears, let him hear."

¹⁰Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

¹¹And he answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

¹²For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.

¹⁴And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

¹⁵for this people's heart has grown callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

¹⁶"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁷For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.

¹⁸"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

¹⁹When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

²⁰And what was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

²¹yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

²²And what was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²³And what was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

²⁴He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

²⁵but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁶But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the tares appeared also.

²⁷So the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where did these tares come from?'

²⁸"And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

²⁹"But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the tares, you root up the wheat with them.

³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

³¹He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

³²which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

³³He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

³⁴Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he did not speak to them,

³⁵that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the beginning of the world. "

³⁶Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares in the field."

³⁷And he answered them, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

³⁸and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the Kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one,

³⁹and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of the age.

⁴¹The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

⁴²and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁴³Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

⁴⁴"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁵"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

⁴⁶and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

⁴⁸which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

⁴⁹So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

⁵⁰and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

⁵¹"Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

⁵²And he said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

⁵³And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

⁵⁴And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

⁵⁵Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, Jacob and Joses and Simon and Judas?

⁵⁶And are not all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

⁵⁷And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

⁵⁸And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.