Matthew 13

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The story of the sower

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside. On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
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. Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth; He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food: As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
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: Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead. When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth: Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much. Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
He who has ears, let him give ear. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories? The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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. He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
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. 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.
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. Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
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: 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:
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. for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, 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.’
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open. “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they 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. 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.
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth. “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
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. 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.
And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy; What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
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. yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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. 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.
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. What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field: He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away. but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.
But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time. But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
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? The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?’
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? “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’
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. “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
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. 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.”’”

The story of the tares. (24-30; 36-43) The stories of the mustard-seed and the leaven

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: 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;
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. 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.”
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. 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.”
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them: Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
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. 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.”
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. 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.”
And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man; He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
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; the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
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. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world. As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
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, 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,
And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear. Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

The stories of the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, the net cast into the sea, and the householder

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. “Again, 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.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels. “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it. who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish: “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
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. which, 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.
So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good, So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes. Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
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. 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.”

Jesus is again rejected at Nazareth

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there. It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
Christ in the Synagogue (Matthew 13:54)
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?		 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?
Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things? Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
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. 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.”
And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith. He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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