Matthew 13
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| 1 | In that day Yahshua departing from the house sat by the sea. |
| 2 | And many crowds gathered to Him, so as for Him boarding into a vessel to sit, and all the crowd stood upon the shore. |
| 3 | And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying: "Behold, the sower has come out for which to sow. |
| 4 | And upon his sowing then some fell by the road, and having come the birds devoured them. |
| 5 | But others fell upon the rocks where they had not much earth, and immediately had sprung up on account of not having deep earth, |
| 6 | and upon the rising of the sun they were scorched and on account of not having root they withered. |
| 7 | And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns rose up and strangled them. |
| 8 | But others fell upon the good earth and provided fruit, while some a hundred fold, then some sixty, and some thirty. |
| 9 | He having an ear must hear!" |
| 10 | And coming forth the students said to Him: "For what reason do You speak in parables to them?" |
| 11 | And replying He said to them: "Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those it is not given. |
| 12 | For he who has, it shall be given to him and he shall have abundance. But he who does not have, even that which he has shall be taken from him! |
| 13 | For this reason I speak to them in parables, because seeing they shall not see and hearing they shall not hear nor shall they understand, |
| 14 | and the prophesy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says: 'By hearing you shall hear and by no means should you understand, and looking you shall look and by no means should you see! |
| 15 | For the hearts of this people are grown fat, and with the ears they hear with difficulty, and their eyes have closed, that at no time should they see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand in their hearts, that they should repent, and I shall heal them.' |
| 16 | But blessed are your eyes that they shall see and your ears that they shall hear. |
| 17 | For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men had desired to see the things which you see and they did not see, and to hear the things which you hear and they did not hear. " |
| 18 | Therefore you must hear the parable of the sower: |
| 19 | Each hearing and not understanding the Word of the kingdom, the Evil One comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is that having been sown by the road. |
| 20 | And that having been sown upon the rocks, this is he hearing the Word and immediately receiving it with joy, |
| 21 | yet it does not have root in him but is temporary, and upon tribulation or persecution coming on account of the Word, he is immediately entrapped. |
| 22 | Then that having been sown in the thorns, this is he hearing the Word, and the cares of this age and the deceit of riches strangle the Word and it becomes fruitless. |
| 23 | But that having been sown upon the good earth, this is he hearing the Word and understanding, who surely bears fruit and makes then some a hundred fold, but some sixty, and some thirty." |
| 24 | He laid forth another parable for them, saying: "The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a man having sown good seed in his field. |
| 25 | And while the man is sleeping his enemy came and had sown tares among the wheat and departed. |
| 26 | And when the grass sprouted and produced fruit, then the tares also had appeared. |
| 27 | Then coming forth the servants of the master of the house said to him 'Master, have you not sowed good seed in your field? Then from where does it have tares?' |
| 28 | But he said to them: 'A man who is an enemy has done this!' Then the servants say to him: 'Then do you wish that going out we should gather them?' |
| 29 | But he says 'No! Lest gathering the tares you may root up the wheat together with them. |
| 30 | Allow both to grow together until the harvest, and at the time of the harvest I shall say to the reapers: 'Gather the tares first and bind them in cords for which to burn them, then gather the wheat into my storehouse.''" |
| 31 | He laid forth another parable, saying to them: "The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard, which a man taking has sowed in his field, |
| 32 | which is indeed the smallest of all the seeds, but when it grows is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that 'the birds of heaven come and nest in its branches'." |
| 33 | Another parable He spoke to them: "The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman taking has hidden in three measures of flour until when it has all been leavened." |
| 34 | All these things Yahshua had spoken in parables to the crowds, and without a parable He spoke nothing to them, |
| 35 | that that which was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying: "I shall open My mouth in parables; I shall bellow things kept secret from the foundation of Society!" |
| 36 | Then leaving the crowds He had gone into the house, and His students came forth to Him, saying: "Elucidate for us the parable of the tares in the field." |
| 37 | And responding He said: "He sowing the good seed is the Son of Man; |
| 38 | now the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom. But the tares are the sons of the Evil One, |
| 39 | and the enemy who sows them is the False Accuser, and the harvest is the consummation of the age, and the reapers are messengers. |
| 40 | Therefore just as the tares are gathered and burn in fire, thusly it shall be at the consummation of the age. |
| 41 | The Son of Man shall send His messengers, and they shall gather from His kingdom all offenses and those creating lawlessness |
| 42 | and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth! |
| 43 | Then the righteous shall shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He having an ear must hear! " |
| 44 | The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in a field, which finding a man hides, and from his joy goes and sells all things whatever he has and buys that field. |
| 45 | Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant man seeking a beautiful pearl. |
| 46 | And finding one very valuable pearl, having departed sold all things whatever he had and bought it! " |
| 47 | Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net having been cast into the sea and it gathers from out of every race, |
| 48 | which when it is full, bringing up upon the shore and sitting they gather the good ones into vessels, but the rotten ones they cast out. |
| 49 | Thusly it shall be at the consummation of the age, the messengers shall go out and they shall separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous |
| 50 | and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth! " |
| 51 | Have you understood all these things?" They say to Him: "Yes!" |
| 52 | And He said to them: "For this reason every scribe being instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a master of the house, who issues from his treasury new things and old things." |
| 53 | And it came to pass when Yahshua had finished these parables, He removed from there. |
| 54 | And having come into His fatherland He taught them in their assembly hall, so for them to be astonished even to say: "From where in this man is this wisdom and abilities? |
| 55 | Is this not the son of a craftsman? Is not His mother called Mariam and His brothers Iakobos and Ioseph and Simon and Iouda? |
| 56 | And are not His sisters all here with us? So from where in this man are all these things?" |
| 57 | And they were offended by Him. But Yahshua said to them: "A prophet is not dishonored except in his own fatherland and household!" |
| 58 | And He did not do many works of power there on account of their disbelief. |