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<A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And having answered, he said to them, For to you it was given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it was not given. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For whoever has shall be given to him, and he shall have in excess; and whoever has not, also what he has shall be taken away from him. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the prophecy of Esaias is filled up in them, saying, In hearing shall ye hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But happy your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For verily I say to you, that many prophets and just desired eagerly to see what ye see, and saw not; and to hear what ye hear, and heard not.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Sower Explained<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/4.htm#13">Mark 4:13–20</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#11">Luke 8:11–15</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Therefore hear ye the parable of him sowing. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he having sown upon rocky places, this is he hearing the word, and quickly with joy receiving it; <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And has no root in himself, but is for a time; and there being pressure or expulsion for the word, straightly is he offended. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he having sown among thorns, this is he hearing the word; and the care of this time, and the deceit of riches, choke the word, and it is unfruitful. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he having sown upon good earth is he hearing the word, and understanding; who indeed bears fruit, and who makes truly a hundred, and who sixty, and who thirty.<p> <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Weeds<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../ezekiel/17.htm">Ezekiel 17:1–10</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field: <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And in men's sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And when the grass sprouted up and made fruit, then appeared the tares also. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the servants of the master of the house having come, said to him, Lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field whence therefore has it tares? <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he said to them, A man, an enemy, has done this: and his servants said to him, Wilt thou therefore we, having departed, should gather them. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And he said, No; lest gathering the tares, ye root up the wheat together with them. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Suffer both to grow together till harvest; and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; and gather the wheat into my barn.<p> <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Mustard Seed<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/4.htm#30">Mark 4:30–34</a>; <a href ="../luke/13.htm#18">Luke 13:18–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a kernel of mustard, which a man taking, sowed in his field: <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.<p> <A name="34"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Leaven<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/13.htm#20">Luke 13:20–21</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Another parable spake he to them; The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of wheaten flour, till the whole was leavened.<p> <A name="35"></a><p class="hdg">I Will Open My Mouth in Parables<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78:1–72</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>All these things spake Jesus in parables to the crowds; and without a parable spake he not to them.<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So that that spoken by the prophet might be filled up; saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things having been hid from the foundation of the world.<p> <A name="37"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Weeds Explained<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../zephaniah/1.htm">Zephaniah 1:1–6</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then Jesus having dismissed the crowds, went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And he having answered, said to them, He sowing the good seed is the Son of man: <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And the enemy having sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of time; and the reapers are the messengers. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>As therefore the tares are gathered together and burnt in fire; so shall it be in the end of this time. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>The Son of man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and those doing iniquity; <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth. <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Then shall the just emit a brilliant light as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He having ears to hear, let him hear.<p> <A name="45"></a><p class="hdg">The Parables of the Treasure and the Pearl<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a treasure hid in the field; which a man finding, concealed, and from his joy, he retires, and all things which he has he sells, and he purchases that field.<p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a wholesale merchant, seeking beautiful pearls: <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Who, finding one pearl of great value, having departed, he sold all things which he had, and purchased it.<p> <A name="48"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Net<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a large sweep-net, cast into the sea, and having gathered of every kind: <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Which when it was filled, having raised up upon the shore, and having set down, they gathered the good things into vessels, and the rotten things they cast without. <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>So shall it be in the end of time; the messengers shall come forth, and separate the evil from the midst of the just, <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<p> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these? They say to him, Yes, Lord. <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>And he said to them, Therefore every scribe, having been a disciple in the kingdom of the heavens, is like to a man, master of a house, who casts out from his treasure new things and old.<p> <A name="54"></a><p class="hdg">The Rejection at Nazareth<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/6.htm">Mark 6:1–6</a>; <a href ="../luke/4.htm#16">Luke 4:16–30</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>And it was when Jesus finished these parables, he removed thence. <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>And having come into his native land, he taught them in their assembly, so that they were struck with amazement, and said, Whence to him this wisdom, and powers? <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Is not this the son of the carpenter? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then to him all these? <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in his house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>And he did not many powers there, because of their unbelief.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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