CHAPTER 13
Such
large
crowds
gathered
around
Him
that
He
got into
a boat
and sat down,
while
all
the
people
stood
on
the
shore.
Some
fell
on
rocky ground,
where
they did not have
much
soil.
They sprang up
quickly,
because
the soil
was
shallow.
He replied,
“The knowledge
of the
mysteries
of the
kingdom
of
heaven
has been given
to you,
but
not
to them.
Whoever
has
will be given more,
and
he will have an abundance.
Whoever
does not
have,
even
what
he has
will be taken away
from
him.
This
is why
I speak
to them
in
parables:
‘Though
seeing,
they do not see;
though
hearing,
they do not hear
or
understand.’
In them
the
prophecy
of Isaiah
is fulfilled:
‘You will be ever hearing
but
never
understanding;
you will be ever seeing
but
never
perceiving.
For
this
people’s
heart
has grown callous;
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.’
For
truly
I tell
you,
many
prophets
and
righteous men
longed
to see
what
you see
but
did not see it,
and
to hear
what
you hear
but
did not hear it.
When anyone
hears
the
message
of the
kingdom
but
does not
understand it,
the
evil one
comes
and
snatches away
what
was sown
in
his
heart.
This
is
the seed
sown
along
the
path.
But
since
he has
no
root,
he remains
for only a season.
When
trouble
or
persecution
comes
because of
the
word,
he quickly falls away.
The seed
sown
among
the
thorns
is
the one who
hears
the
word,
but
the
worries
of
this
world
and
the
deceitfulness
of wealth
choke
the
word,
and
it becomes
unfruitful.
But
the seed
sown
on
good
soil
is
the one who
hears
the
word
and
understands it.
He
indeed
bears fruit
and
produces a crop—
a hundredfold,
sixtyfold,
or
thirtyfold."
Jesus presented
another
parable
to them:
“The
kingdom
of
heaven
is like
a man
who sowed
good
seed
in
his
field.
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?’
‘An enemy
did
this,’
he replied.
So
the servants
asked
him,
‘Do you want
us to go and
pull them up?’
Let
both
grow together
until
the
harvest.
At the proper time
I will tell
the
harvesters,
“First
collect
the
weeds
and
tie
them
in
bundles
to
be burned;
then
gather
the wheat
into
my
barn."
Jesus put before
them
another
parable:
“The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
a mustard
seed
that
a man
planted
in
his
field.
Although
it
is
the smallest
of all
seeds,
yet
it grows into
the largest
of
garden plants
and
becomes
a tree,
so that
the
birds
of the
air
come
and
nest
in
its
branches."
He told
them
still another
parable:
“The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
yeast
that
a woman
took and
mixed
into
three
measures
of flour,
until
all
of it
was leavened."
Jesus
spoke
all
these things
to the
crowds
in
parables.
He did not tell them anything
without using
a parable.
So
was fulfilled
what
was spoken
through
the
prophet:
“I will open
My
mouth
in
parables;
I will utter
things hidden
since
the foundation
of the world.”
Then
Jesus dismissed
the
crowds
and went
into
the
house.
His
disciples
came
to Him
and said,
“Explain
to us
the
parable
of the
weeds
in the
field."
The field
is
the
world,
and
the good
seed
represents
the
sons
of the
kingdom.
The weeds
are
the
sons
of the
evil one,
and
the
enemy
who sows
them
is
the
devil.
The
harvest
is
the end
of the age,
and
the harvesters
are
angels.
The
Son
of Man
will send out
His
angels,
and
they will weed
out of
His
kingdom
every
cause of sin
and
all who
practice
lawlessness.
And
they will throw
them
into
the
fiery
furnace,
where there
will be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
Then
the
righteous
will shine
like
the
sun
in
the
kingdom
of
their
Father.
He who
has
ears,
let him hear.
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
treasure
hidden
in
a field.
When a man
found
it,
he hid it again,
and
in
his
joy
he went
and
sold
all
he had
and
bought
that
field.
Once again,
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
a dragnet
that was cast
into
the
sea
and
caught fish
of
every
kind.
When
it was full,
the men pulled it
ashore.
Then
they sat down
and sorted
the
good fish
into
containers,
but
threw
the
bad
away.
So
will it be
at
the
end
of the
age:
The
angels
will come
and
separate
the
wicked
from
the
righteous,
Then
He told
them,
“For this reason,
every
scribe
who has been discipled
in the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
a homeowner
who
brings
out of
his
storeroom
new treasures
as well as
old."
Coming
to
His hometown,
He taught
the people
in
their
synagogue,
and
they
were astonished.
“Where did this man get
such
wisdom
and
miraculous powers?”
they asked.
“Is
this
not
the
carpenter’s
son?
Isn’t
His
mother’s
name
Mary,
and aren’t
His
brothers
James,
Joseph,
Simon,
and
Judas?
And
they took offense
at
Him.
But
Jesus
said
to them,
“Only
in
his
hometown
and
in
his own
household
is
a prophet
without honor.”