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1 On
that day Jesus
went out of
the house and
sat by the seaside.
2 Great
multitudes gathered
to him, so
that he entered
into a boat
and sat; and
all the multitude
stood on the beach.
3 He
spoke to them
many things in
parables, saying,
“Behold, a farmer
went out to
sow.
4 As he sowed,
some seeds fell
by the roadside,
and the birds
came and
devoured them.
5 Others fell on
rocky ground,
where they didn’t
have much soil,
and immediately
they sprang up,
because they had
no depth of
earth.
6 When the sun
had risen, they
were scorched.
Because they had
no root, they
withered away.
7 Others fell
among thorns. The thorns grew
up and choked
them.
8 Others fell on
good soil and
yielded fruit:
some one
hundred times as much,
some sixty, and
some thirty.
9 He who has
ears to hear,
let him hear.”
10 The
disciples came,
and said to
him, “Why do
you speak to
them in parables?”
11 He
answered them,
“To you it
is given to
know the
mysteries of
the Kingdom of
Heaven, but it
is not given
to them.
12 For whoever has,
to him will
be given, and
he will have
abundance; but
whoever doesn’t have,
from him will
be taken away even
that which he
has.
13 Therefore I
speak to them
in parables,
because seeing
they don’t see, and hearing,
they don’t hear, neither
do they
understand.
14 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;
15 for this
people’s heart
has grown callous,
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 would turn
again,
and I would
heal them.’
16 “But blessed
are your eyes,
for they see;
and your ears,
for they hear.
17 For most
certainly I tell
you that many
prophets and
righteous men
desired to see
the things which
you see,
and didn’t see
them; and to hear
the things which
you hear, and didn’t hear
them.
18 “Hear, then, the
parable of
the farmer.
19 When anyone hears
the word of
the Kingdom and doesn’t
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.
20 What was sown
on the
rocky places, this
is he who hears
the word and
immediately with
joy receives it;
21 yet he has
no root in
himself, but endures
for a while.
When oppression or
persecution arises
because of the
word, immediately
he stumbles.
22 What was sown
among the thorns,
this is he
who hears the
word, but the
cares of this age
and the deceitfulness
of riches choke
the word, and
he becomes unfruitful.
23 What was sown
on the good
ground, this is
he who hears the
word and
understands it,
who most certainly
bears fruit and
produces, some
one hundred times
as much, some
sixty, and some
thirty.”
24 He
set another
parable before
them, saying,
“The Kingdom of
Heaven is like
a man who sowed
good seed in
his field,
25 but while
people slept,
his enemy came
and sowed darnel
weeds
also among the
wheat, and
went away.
26 But when the
blade sprang up
and produced
grain, then
the darnel weeds
appeared also.
27 The servants of
the householder
came and said
to him, ‘Sir,
didn’t you sow
good seed in
your field? Where
did these darnel
weeds come
from?’
28 “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 darnel weeds, you root
up the wheat
with them.
30 Let both grow
together until
the harvest, and
in the harvest
time I will
tell the reapers,
“First, gather
up the darnel
weeds, and bind
them in bundles
to burn them;
but gather the
wheat into
my barn.” ’ ”
31 He
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,
32 which 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.”
33 He
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.”
34 Jesus
spoke all these
things in parables
to the multitudes;
and without a
parable, he didn’t
speak to them,
35 that
it might be
fulfilled which
was spoken through
the prophet,
saying,
“I will open my
mouth in parables;
I will utter
things hidden from
the foundation of
the world.”
36 Then
Jesus sent the
multitudes away, and
went into the
house. His
disciples came to
him, saying, “Explain
to us the
parable of
the darnel weeds
of the field.”
37 He
answered them,
“He who sows
the good seed
is the Son
of Man,
38 the field is
the world, the
good seeds are
the children of
the Kingdom, and
the darnel weeds
are the children
of the evil
one.
39 The enemy who
sowed them is
the devil. The
harvest is the
end of the age,
and the reapers
are angels.
40 As therefore
the darnel weeds
are gathered up
and burned with
fire; so will
it be at
the end of
this age.
41 The 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,
42 and will cast
them into the
furnace of fire.
There will 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
to hear, let
him hear.
44 “Again, the Kingdom
of Heaven is
like 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,
46 who 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,
48 which, when it
was filled, fishermen
drew up on
the beach. They
sat down and
gathered the
good into containers,
but the bad
they threw away.
49 So it will
be in the
end of
the world.
The angels will
come and separate
the wicked from
among the
righteous,
50 and will cast
them into the
furnace of fire.
There will be
weeping and
gnashing of
teeth.”
51 Jesus
said to them,
“Have you
understood all
these things?”
They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
52 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.”
53 When
Jesus had finished
these parables, he
departed from
there.
54 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?
55 Isn’t
this the
carpenter’s son? Isn’t
his mother called
Mary, and
his brothers James, Joses,
Simon, and
Judas?
56 Aren’t
all of his sisters
with us? Where
then did this
man get all
of these things?”
57 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.”
58 He didn’t
do many mighty
works there
because of
their unbelief.