Matthew 13

On that day, Jesus, having gone out of the house, was sitting beside the sea.

And large crowds were gathered to him. As a result, having gotten into a boat, he sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the beach. \*

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow.

And as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.

But others fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.

But {when} the sun had risen, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered. \*

But others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

But others fell on good soil and were giving fruit, some 100, and some 60, and some 30.

The one having ears, let him hear.” \*

And having approached, the disciples said to him, “For what reason do you speak to them in parables?”

But he, answering, said to them, “To you has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those it has not been given.

For whoever has, it will be given to him, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. \*

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because seeing, they do not see; and hearing, they do not hear nor understand.

And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘In hearing you will hear, but you will certainly not understand; and seeing, you will see, but you will certainly not perceive. \* 15 For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with {their} ears they have hardly heard, and they have shut their eyes, lest they might see with {their} eyes, and they might hear with {their} ears, and they might understand with {their} heart and turn back, and I would heal them.’ \*

But blessed {are} your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous ones longed to see what you see, and did not see, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear. \*

You, therefore, listen to the parable of the sower.

Everyone hearing the word of the kingdom and not understanding, the evil one comes and snatches away {what} had been sown in his heart. This is {what} was sown beside the road. \*

Now the one having been sown on the rocky ground, this is the one hearing the word and immediately receiving it with joy;

but he has no root in himself but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution having happened because of the word, immediately he is caused to stumble. \*

Now the one having been sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the word, but the worry of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Now the one having been sown on the good soil, this is the one hearing the word and understanding {it}, who indeed bears fruit and yields, some 100, and some 60, and some 30.” \*

He set before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man having sown good seed in his field.

But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.

Now when the blades sprouted and produced a crop, then the darnel became visible also. \*

Now the servants of the master of the house, having approached, said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then does it have darnel?’

But he was saying to them, ‘A hostile man did this.’ But the servants say to him, ‘Do you therefore desire that, having gone out, we would gather them?’ \*

But he says, ‘Certainly not, lest gathering the darnel, you might uproot the wheat along with them.

Permit both to grow together until the harvest, and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather the darnel and tie them in bundles to burn them up but gather the wheat into my barn.”’” \*

He set before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens is like a mustard seed which, having taken, a man sowed in his field;

which is indeed the smallest of all the seeds, but when it grows, it is greater than the vegetable plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.” \*

He spoke to them another parable: “The kingdom of the heavens is like yeast that a woman, having taken, mixed with three seahs of flour until it was all leavened.” \*

All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds, and he was speaking nothing to them without a parable,

so that {what} had been said through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables. I will declare {what} has been hidden from the foundation of the world.” \*

Then, having left the crowds, he went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.”

Now answering, he said, “The one sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

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 enemy having sowed them is the devil. And the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. \*

Therefore, just as the darnel are gathered and burned with fire, thus it will be at the end of the age.

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all the stumbling blocks and the ones doing lawlessness.

And they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of the teeth.

Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one having ears, let him hear. \*

The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in a field, which, having found, a man hid. And from his joy, he goes and sells everything, as much as he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls.

And having found one very valuable pearl, having gone away, he sold everything, as much as he had, and bought it. \*

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net having been cast into the sea, and having gathered from every kind,

which, when it was filled, having dragged onto the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good things into containers, but the rotten things they threw out. \*

Thus it will be at the end of the age: The angels will go out and will separate the wicked from among the righteous,

and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of the teeth.

Have you understood all these things?” They say to him, “Yes.” \*

Now he said to them, “For this reason, every scribe having been discipled for the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, the master of the house, who brings forth new and old from his treasure.”

And it happened that when Jesus finished these parables, he departed from there. \*

And having come to his hometown, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “From where to this one {is} this wisdom and these miracles?

Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

And are not all his sisters with us? From where, therefore, to this one {are} all these things?” \*

And they were being caused to stumble on him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his house.”

And he did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief. \*