Matthew 13
13THAT SAME day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting beside the sea.G1161G1722G1565G2250G1831G2424G575G3614G2521G3844G22812But such great crowds gathered about Him that He got into a boat and remained sitting there, while all the throng stood on the shore.G2532G4183G3793G4863G4314G846G5620G846G1684G1519G4143G2521G2532G3956G3793G2476G1909G1233And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.G2532G2980G4183G846G1722G3850G3004G2400G4687G1831G46874And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up.G2532G1722G846G4687G3739G3303G4098G3844G3598G2532G4071G2064G2532G2719G846G27195Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.G1161G243G4098G1909G4075G3699G2192G3756G4183G1093G2532G2112G1816G1223G2192G3361G899G10936But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up {and} withered away.G1161G2246G393G2739G2532G1223G2192G3361G4491G35837Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out.G1161G243G4098G1909G173G2532G173G305G2532G638G8468Other seeds fell on good soil, and yielded grain--some a hundred times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some thirty.G1161G243G4098G1909G2570G1093G2532G1325G2590G3739G3303G1540G1161G3739G1835G1161G3739G51449He who has ears [to hear], let him be listening {and} let him consider {and} perceive {and} comprehend by hearing.G3588G2192G3775G191G19110Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables?G2532G3101G4334G2036G846G1302G2980G846G1722G385011And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know the secrets {and} mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.G611G1161G2036G846G3754G1325G5213G1097G3466G932G3772G1161G1565G1325G3756G132512For whoever has [spiritual knowledge], to him will more be given {and} he will be furnished richly so that he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.G1063G3748G2192G846G1325G2532G4052G1161G3748G2192G3756G575G846G142G2532G3739G219213This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp {and} understand.G1223G5124G2980G846G1722G3850G3754G991G991G3756G2532G191G191G3756G3761G492014In them indeed is the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear {and} hear but never grasp {and} understand; and you shall indeed look {and} look but never see {and} perceive.G2532G1909G846G378G4394G2268G3588G3004G189G191G2532G4920G3364G4920G2532G991G991G2532G1492G3364G149215For this nation's heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy {and} difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see {and} perceive with their eyes, and hear {and} comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp {and} understand with their heart, and turn {and} I should heal them.G1063G5127G2992G2588G3975G2532G3775G917G191G2532G846G3788G2576G3379G1492G3788G2532G191G3775G2532G4920G2588G2532G1994G2532G2390G84616But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.G1161G3107G5216G3788G3754G991G2532G5216G3775G3754G19117Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.G1063G281G3004G5213G3754G4183G4396G2532G1342G1937G1492G3739G991G2532G1492G3756G1492G2532G191G3739G191G2532G191G3756G19118Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower:G191G5210G3767G3850G468719While anyone is hearing the Word of the kingdom and does not grasp {and} comprehend it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the roadside.G3956G191G3056G932G2532G4920G3361G2064G4190G2532G726G3588G4687G1722G846G2588G3778G2076G4687G3844G359820As for what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears the Word and at once welcomes {and} accepts it with joy;G1161G4687G1909G4075G3778G2076G191G3056G2532G2117G3326G5479G2983G84621Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, lasts but a little while); and when affliction {or} trouble {or} persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] {and} he falls away.G1161G2192G3756G4491G1722G1438G235G2076G4340G1161G2347G2228G1375G1096G1223G3056G2117G462422As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the Word, but the cares of the world and the pleasure {and} delight {and} glamour {and} deceitfulness of riches choke {and} suffocate the Word, and it yields no fruit.G1161G4687G1519G173G2076G3778G191G3056G2532G3308G5127G165G2532G539G4149G4846G3056G2532G1096G17523As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word and grasps {and} comprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much, and in another thirty.G1161G4687G1909G2570G1093G2076G3778G191G3056G2532G4920G3739G1211G2592G2532G4160G3739G3303G1540G1161G3739G1835G1161G3739G514424Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.G243G3850G3908G846G3004G932G3772G3666G444G4687G4687G2570G4690G1722G846G6825But while he was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed also darnel (weeds resembling wheat) among the wheat, and went on his way.G1161G1722G444G2518G846G2190G2064G2532G4687G2215G303G3319G4621G2532G56526So when the plants sprouted and formed grain, the darnel (weeds) appeared also.G1161G3753G5528G985G2532G4160G2590G5119G5316G2215G253227And the servants of the owner came to him and said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have darnel shoots in it?G1161G1401G3617G4334G2036G846G2962G4687G3780G4687G2570G4690G1722G4674G68G4159G3767G2192G221528He replied to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and weed them out?G1161G5346G846G2190G444G4160G5124G1161G1401G2036G846G2309G3767G565G4816G846G481629But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the [true] wheat along with it.G1161G5346G3756G3379G4816G2215G1610G4621G260G84630Let them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers, Gather the darnel first and bind it in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my granary.G863G297G4885G3360G2326G2532G1722G2540G2326G2046G2327G4816G4412G2215G2532G1210G846G1519G1197G4314G2618G846G1161G4863G4621G1519G3450G59631Another story by way of comparison He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.G243G3850G3908G846G3004G932G3772G2076G3664G2848G4615G3739G444G2983G4687G1722G846G6832Of all the seeds it is the smallest, but when it has grown it is the largest of the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and find shelter in its branches.G3739G3303G2076G3398G3956G4690G1161G3752G837G2076G3187G3001G2532G1096G1186G5620G4071G3772G2064G2532G2681G1722G2798G84633He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven (sour dough) which a woman took and covered over in three measures of meal {or} flour till all of it was leavened.G243G3850G2980G846G932G3772G2076G3664G2219G3739G1135G2983G1470G1519G5140G4568G224G2193G3650G3739G222034These things all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them.G3956G5023G2980G2424G3793G1722G3850G2532G5565G3850G2980G3756G84635This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet: I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been hidden since the foundation of the world.G3704G4137G3588G4483G1223G4396G3004G455G3450G4750G1722G3850G2044G2928G575G2602G288936Then He left the throngs and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.G5119G2424G863G3793G863G2064G1519G3614G2532G846G3101G4334G846G3004G5419G2254G3850G2215G6837He answered, He Who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.G611G1161G2036G846G4687G2570G4690G2076G5207G44438The field is the world, and the good seed means the children of the kingdom; the darnel is the children of the evil one,G1161G68G2076G2889G1161G2570G4690G3778G1526G5207G932G1161G2215G1526G5207G419039And the enemy who sowed it is the devil. The harvest is the close {and} consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels.G1161G2190G4687G846G2076G1228G1161G2326G2076G4930G165G1161G2327G1526G3240Just as the darnel (weeds resembling wheat) is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the close of the age.G5618G3767G2215G4816G2532G2618G4442G3779G2071G1722G4930G5127G16541The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of offense [persons by whom others are drawn into error or sin] and all who do iniquity {and} act wickedly,G5207G444G649G846G32G2532G4816G1537G846G932G3956G4625G2532G4160G45842And will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping {and} wailing and grinding of teeth.G2532G906G846G1519G2575G4442G1563G2071G2805G2532G1030G359943Then will the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God) shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears [to hear] be listening, {and} let him consider {and} perceive {and} understand by hearing.G5119G1342G1584G5613G2246G1722G932G846G3962G3588G2192G3775G191G19144The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field.G3825G932G3772G2076G3664G2344G2928G1722G68G3739G444G2147G2928G2532G575G5479G846G5217G2532G4453G3956G3745G2192G2532G59G1565G6845Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine {and} precious pearls,G3825G932G3772G2076G3664G1713G444G2212G2570G313546Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it.G3739G2147G1520G3135G4186G565G4097G3956G3745G2192G2532G59G84647Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet which was cast into the sea and gathered in fish of every sort.G3825G932G3772G2076G3664G4522G906G1519G2281G2532G4863G1537G3956G108548When it was full, men dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw away.G3739G3753G4137G307G1909G123G2532G2523G4816G2570G1519G30G1161G906G4550G185449So it will be at the close {and} consummation of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God)G3779G2071G1722G4930G165G32G1831G2532G873G4190G1537G3319G134250And cast them [the wicked] into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping {and} wailing and grinding of teeth.G2532G906G846G1519G2575G4442G1563G2071G2805G2532G1030G359951Have you understood all these things [parables] taken together? They said to Him, Yes, {Lord.}G2424G3004G846G4920G3956G5023G3956G3004G846G3483G296252He said to them, Therefore every teacher {and} interpreter of the Sacred Writings who has been instructed about {and} trained for the kingdom of heaven and has become a disciple is like a householder who brings forth out of his storehouse treasure that is new and [treasure that is] old [the fresh as well as the familiar].G1161G2036G846G1223G5124G3956G1122G3100G1519G932G3772G2076G3664G444G3617G3748G1544G1537G846G2344G2537G2532G382053When Jesus had finished these parables (these comparisons), He left there.G2532G1096G3753G2424G5055G5025G3850G3332G156454And coming to His own country [Nazareth], He taught in their synagogue so that they were amazed with bewildered wonder, and said, Where did this Man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?G2532G2064G1519G846G3968G1321G846G1722G846G4864G5620G846G1605G2532G3004G4159G5129G3778G4678G2532G141155Is not this the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?G2076G3756G3778G5045G5207G3004G3780G846G3384G3004G3137G2532G846G80G2385G2532G2500G2532G4613G2532G245556And do not all His sisters live here among us? Where then did this Man get all this?G2532G846G79G1526G3780G3956G4314G2248G4159G3767G5129G3956G502357And they took offense at Him [they were repelled and hindered from acknowledging His authority, and caused to stumble]. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.G2532G4624G1722G846G1161G2424G2036G846G4396G2076G3756G820G1508G1722G846G3968G2532G1722G846G361458And He did not do many works of power there, because of their unbelief (their lack of faith in the divine mission of Jesus).G2532G4160G3756G4183G1411G1563G1223G846G570
Columbus, OH
