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1
That day
Jesus
went
out of the house
and was sitting
by the sea.
2
And large
crowd
s
gathered
to Him, so
He got
into a boat
and sat down,
and the whole
crowd
was standing
on the beach.
3
And He spoke
many things
to them in parables,
saying,
"Behold,
the sower
went
out to sow;
4
and as he sowed,
some
seeds fell
beside
the road,
and the birds
came
and ate
them up.
5
"Others
fell
on the rocky
places, where
they did
no
t have
much
soil;
and immediately
they sprang
up, because
they had
no
depth
of soil.
6
"But when the sun
had risen,
they were scorched;
and because
they had
no
root,
they withered away.
7
"Others
fell
among
the thorns,
and the thorns
came
up and choked
them out.
8
"And others
fell
on the good
soil
and yielded
a crop,
some
a hundredfold,
some
sixty,
and
some
thirty.
9
"He who has
ears,
let him hear."
10
And the disciples
came
and said
to Him, "Why
do You speak
to them in parables?"
11
Jesus answered
them, "To you it has been granted
to know
the mysteries
of the kingdom
of heaven,
but to them it has not been granted.
12
"For whoever
has,
to him more shall be given,
and he will have an abundance;
but whoever
does not have,
even
what
he has
shall be taken away
from him.
13
"Therefore
I speak
to them in parables;
because
while seeing
they do not see,
and while hearing
they do not hear,
nor
do they understand.
14
"In their case the prophecy
of Isaiah
is being fulfilled,
which says,
'
YOU WILL KEEP
ON HEARING,
BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;
YOU WILL KEEP
ON SEEING,
BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
15
FOR THE
HEAR
T
OF THIS
PEOPLE
HAS BECOME DULL,
WITH THEIR EARS
THEY SCARCELY
HEAR
,
AND THEY HAVE CLOSED
THEIR EYES,
OTHERWISE
THEY WOULD SEE
WITH
THEIR EYES,
HEAR
WITH THEIR EARS
,
AND UNDERSTAND
WITH THEIR
HEAR
T
AND RETURN,
AND I WOULD HEAL
THEM.'
16
"But blessed
are your eyes,
because
they see;
and your ears,
because
they hear.
17
"For truly
I say
to you that many
prophets
and righteous men
desired
to see
what
you see,
and did not see
it, and to hear
what
you hear,
and did not hear
it.
18
"Hear
then
the parable
of the sower.
19
"When anyone
hears
the word
of the kingdom
and does not understand
it, the evil
one comes
and snatches away
what
has been sown
in his heart.
This
is the one on whom seed was sown
beside
the road.
20
"The one on whom seed was sown
on the rocky
places, this
is the man who hears
the word
and immediately
receives
it with joy;
21
yet
he has
no
firm root
in himself,
but is only temp
or
ary,
and when affliction
or
persecution
arises
because
of the w
or
d,
immediately
he falls away.
22
"And the one on whom seed was sown
among
the thorns,
this
is the man who hears
the word,
and the worry
of the world
and the deceitfulness
of wealth
choke
the word,
and it becomes
unfruitful.
23
"And the one on whom seed was sown
on the good
soil,
this
is the man who hears
the word
and understands
it; who
indeed
bears fruit
and brings forth,
some
a hundredfold,
some
sixty,
and
some
thirty."
24
Jesus presented
another
parable
to them, saying,
"The kingdom
of heaven
may be compared
to a man
who sowed
good
seed
in his field.
25
"But while
his men
were sleeping,
his enemy
came
and sowed
tares
among
the wheat,
and went away.
26
"But when
the wheat
sprouted
and bore
grain,
then
the tares
became evident
also.
27
"The slaves
of the landowner
came
and said
to him, 'Sir,
did you not sow
good
seed
in your field?
How
then
does it have
tares?'
28
"And he
said
to them, 'An enemy
has done
this!'
The slaves
said
to him, 'Do you want
us, then,
to go
and gather
them up?'
29
"But he said,
'No;
for while you are gathering
up the tares,
you may uproot
the wheat
with them.
30
'
Allow
both
to grow together
until
the harvest;
and in the time
of the harvest
I will say
to the reapers,
"First
gather
up the tares
and bind
them in bundles
to burn
them up; but
gather
the wheat
into my barn."'"
31
He presented
another
parable
to them, saying,
"The kingdom
of heaven
is like
a mustard
seed,
which
a man
took
and sowed
in his field;
32
and this
is smaller
than all
other seeds,
but when
it is full grown,
it is larger
than the garden plants
and be
come
s
a tree,
so
that THE BIRDS
OF THE AIR
come
and NEST
IN ITS BRANCHES."
33
He spoke
another
parable
to them, "The kingdom
of heaven
is like
leaven,
which
a woman
took
and hid
in three
pecks
of flour
until
it was all
leavened."
34
All
these things
Jesus
spoke
to the crowds
in parables,
and He did not speak
to them without
a parable.
35
This was to fulfill
what
was spoken
through
the prophet:
"I WILL OPEN
MY MOUTH
IN PARABLES;
I WILL UTTER
THINGS HIDDEN
SINCE
THE FOUNDATION
OF THE WORLD."
36
Then
He left
the crowds
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
And He said,
"The one who sows
the good
seed
is the Son
of Man,
38
and the field
is the world;
and as for the good
seed,
these
are the sons
of the kingdom;
and the tares
are the sons
of the evil
one;
39
and the enemy
who sowed
them is the devil,
and the harvest
is the end
of the age;
and the reapers
are angels.
40
"So
just
as the tares
are gathered
up and burned
with fire,
so
shall it be at the end
of the age.
41
"The Son
of Man
will send forth
His angels,
and they will gather
out of His kingdom
all
stumbling blocks,
and those
who commit
lawlessness,
42
and will throw
them into the furnace
of fire;
in that place
there will be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
43
"Then
THE RIGHTEOUS
WILL SHINE FORTH
AS 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
again; and from joy
over it he goes
and sells
all
that he has
and buys
that field.
45
"Again,
the kingdom
of heaven
is like
a merchant
seeking
fine
pearls,
46
and upon finding
one
pearl
of great value,
he went
and sold
all
that he had
and bought
it.
47
"Again,
the kingdom
of heaven
is like
a dragnet
cast
into the sea,
and gathering
fish of every
kind;
48
and when
it was filled,
they drew
it up on the beach;
and they sat down
and gathered
the good
fish into containers,
but the bad
they threw
away.
49
"So
it will be at the end
of the age;
the angels
will come forth
and take
out the wicked
from among
the righteous,
50
and will throw
them into the furnace
of fire;
in that place there
will be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
51
"Have you understood
all
these things?"
They said
to Him, "Yes."
52
And Jesus said
to them, "Therefore
every
scribe
who
has become a disciple
of the kingdom
of heaven
is like
a head of a household,
who
brings
out of his treasure
things new
and old."
53
When
Jesus
had finished
these
parables,
He departed
from there.
54
He came
to His hometown
and began teaching
them in their synagogue,
so
that they were astonished,
and said,
"Where
did this man get this
wisdom
and these miraculous powers?
55
"Is not this
the carpenter's
son?
Is not His mother
called
Mary,
and His brothers,
James
and Joseph
and Simon
and Judas?
56
"And His sisters,
are they not all
with us? Where
then
did this man
get all
these things?"
57
And they took offense
at Him. But Jesus
said
to them, "A prophet
is not without honor
except
in his hometown
and in his own household."
58
And He did not do
many
miracles
there
because
of their unbelief.
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