13That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.G1161G1722G1565G2250G1831G2424G575G3614G2521G3844G22812Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.G2532G4183G3793G4863G4314G846G5620G846G1684G1519G4143G2521G2532G3956G3793G2476G1909G1233Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.G2532G2980G4183G846G1722G3850G3004G2400G4687G1831G46874As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.G2532G1722G846G4687G3739G3303G4098G3844G3598G2532G4071G2064G2532G2719G846G27195Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.G1161G243G4098G1909G4075G3699G2192G3756G4183G1093G2532G2112G1816G1223G2192G3361G899G10936But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.G1161G2246G393G2739G2532G1223G2192G3361G4491G35837Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.G1161G243G4098G1909G173G2532G173G305G2532G638G8468Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.G1161G243G4098G1909G2570G1093G2532G1325G2590G3739G3303G1540G1161G3739G1835G1161G3739G51449Whoever has ears, let them hear."G3588G2192G3775G191G19110The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"G2532G3101G4334G2036G846G1302G2980G846G1722G385011He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.G611G1161G2036G846G3754G1325G5213G1097G3466G932G3772G1161G1565G1325G3756G132512Those who have will be given more, and they will have an abundance. As for those who do not have, even what they have will be taken from them.G1063G3748G2192G846G1325G2532G4052G1161G3748G2192G3756G575G846G142G2532G3739G219213This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.G1223G5124G2980G846G1722G3850G3754G991G991G3756G2532G191G191G3756G3761G492014In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: " 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.G2532G1909G846G378G4394G2268G3588G3004G189G191G2532G4920G3364G4920G2532G991G991G2532G1492G3364G149215For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'G1063G5127G2992G2588G3975G2532G3775G917G191G2532G846G3788G2576G3379G1492G3788G2532G191G3775G2532G4920G2588G2532G1994G2532G2390G84616But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.G1161G3107G5216G3788G3754G991G2532G5216G3775G3754G19117Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.G1063G281G3004G5213G3754G4183G4396G2532G1342G1937G1492G3739G991G2532G1492G3756G1492G2532G191G3739G191G2532G191G3756G19118"Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:G191G5210G3767G3850G468719When people hear the message about the kingdom and do not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their hearts. This is the seed sown along the path.G3956G191G3056G932G2532G4920G3361G2064G4190G2532G726G3588G4687G1722G846G2588G3778G2076G4687G3844G359820The seed falling on rocky ground refers to people who hear the word and at once receive it with joy.G1161G4687G1909G4075G3778G2076G191G3056G2532G2117G3326G5479G2983G84621But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.G1161G2192G3756G4491G1722G1438G235G2076G4340G1161G2347G2228G1375G1096G1223G3056G2117G462422The seed falling among the thorns refers to people who hear the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.G1161G4687G1519G173G2076G3778G191G3056G2532G3308G5127G165G2532G539G4149G4846G3056G2532G1096G17523But the seed falling on good soil refers to people who hear the word and understand it. They produce a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."G1161G4687G1909G2570G1093G2076G3778G191G3056G2532G4920G3739G1211G2592G2532G4160G3739G3303G1540G1161G3739G1835G1161G3739G514424Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.G243G3850G3908G846G3004G932G3772G3666G444G4687G4687G2570G4690G1722G846G6825But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.G1161G1722G444G2518G846G2190G2064G2532G4687G2215G303G3319G4621G2532G56526When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.G1161G3753G5528G985G2532G4160G2590G5119G5316G2215G253227"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'G1161G1401G3617G4334G2036G846G2962G4687G3780G4687G2570G4690G1722G4674G68G4159G3767G2192G221528" 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'G1161G5346G846G2190G444G4160G5124G1161G1401G2036G846G2309G3767G565G4816G846G481629" 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.G1161G5346G3756G3379G4816G2215G1610G4621G260G84630Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "G863G297G4885G3360G2326G2532G1722G2540G2326G2046G2327G4816G4412G2215G2532G1210G846G1519G1197G4314G2618G846G1161G4863G4621G1519G3450G59631He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.G243G3850G3908G846G3004G932G3772G2076G3664G2848G4615G3739G444G2983G4687G1722G846G6832Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches."G3739G3303G2076G3398G3956G4690G1161G3752G837G2076G3187G3001G2532G1096G1186G5620G4071G3772G2064G2532G2681G1722G2798G84633He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough."G243G3850G2980G846G932G3772G2076G3664G2219G3739G1135G2983G1470G1519G5140G4568G224G2193G3650G3739G222034Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.G3956G5023G2980G2424G3793G1722G3850G2532G5565G3850G2980G3756G84635So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world."G3704G4137G3588G4483G1223G4396G3004G455G3450G4750G1722G3850G2044G2928G575G2602G288936Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."G5119G2424G863G3793G863G2064G1519G3614G2532G846G3101G4334G846G3004G5419G2254G3850G2215G6837He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.G611G1161G2036G846G4687G2570G4690G2076G5207G44438The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,G1161G68G2076G2889G1161G2570G4690G3778G1526G5207G932G1161G2215G1526G5207G419039and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.G1161G2190G4687G846G2076G1228G1161G2326G2076G4930G165G1161G2327G1526G3240"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.G5618G3767G2215G4816G2532G2618G4442G3779G2071G1722G4930G5127G16541The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.G5207G444G649G846G32G2532G4816G1537G846G932G3956G4625G2532G4160G45842They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.G2532G906G846G1519G2575G4442G1563G2071G2805G2532G1030G359943Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.G5119G1342G1584G5613G2246G1722G932G846G3962G3588G2192G3775G191G19144"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.G3825G932G3772G2076G3664G2344G2928G1722G68G3739G444G2147G2928G2532G575G5479G846G5217G2532G4453G3956G3745G2192G2532G59G1565G6845"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.G3825G932G3772G2076G3664G1713G444G2212G2570G313546When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.G3739G2147G1520G3135G4186G565G4097G3956G3745G2192G2532G59G84647"Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.G3825G932G3772G2076G3664G4522G906G1519G2281G2532G4863G1537G3956G108548When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.G3739G3753G4137G307G1909G123G2532G2523G4816G2570G1519G30G1161G906G4550G185449This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteousG3779G2071G1722G4930G165G32G1831G2532G873G4190G1537G3319G134250and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.G2532G906G846G1519G2575G4442G1563G2071G2805G2532G1030G359951"Have you understood all these things?" Jesus asked. "Yes," they replied.G2424G3004G846G4920G3956G5023G3956G3004G846G3483G296252He said to them, "Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old."G1161G2036G846G1223G5124G3956G1122G3100G1519G932G3772G2076G3664G444G3617G3748G1544G1537G846G2344G2537G2532G382053When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.G2532G1096G3753G2424G5055G5025G3850G3332G156454Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?" they asked.G2532G2064G1519G846G3968G1321G846G1722G846G4864G5620G846G1605G2532G3004G4159G5129G3778G4678G2532G141155"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?G2076G3756G3778G5045G5207G3004G3780G846G3384G3004G3137G2532G846G80G2385G2532G2500G2532G4613G2532G245556Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"G2532G846G79G1526G3780G3956G4314G2248G4159G3767G5129G3956G502357And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "Only in their own towns and in their own homes are prophets without honor."G2532G4624G1722G846G1161G2424G2036G846G4396G2076G3756G820G1508G1722G846G3968G2532G1722G846G361458And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.G2532G4160G3756G4183G1411G1563G1223G846G570