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<a href ="../luke/8.htm#4">Luke 8:4–8</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>On that day Jesus, having gone out of the house, was sitting by the seaside. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And there were gathered to Him great multitudes; so that He, having entered into a boat, sat down, and all the multitudes were standing on the beach.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, <FR>"Behold, the sower went forth to sow.<Fr> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><FR>And, in his sowing, some <i>seeds</i> fell by the wayside, and the birds, coming, devoured them.<Fr> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><FR>And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and straightway they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth.<Fr> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><FR>And, the sun having risen, they were scorched; and, because they had no root, they withered away.<Fr> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><FR>And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.<Fr> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><FR>And others fell on the good ground, and were yielding fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.<Fr> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><FR>He that has ears let him hear."<Fr><p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/4.htm#10">Mark 4:10–12</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#9">Luke 8:9–10</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the disciples, having come near, said to Him, "Wherefore dost Thou speak to them in parables?" <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And He, answering, said to them, <FR>"Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given.<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be made to abound; but whosoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.<Fr> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><FR>On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand.<Fr><p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><FR>And to them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, 'With hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and, seeing, ye will see, and will not perceive;<Fr><p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><FR>for the heart of this people was made gross, and with their ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.'<Fr><p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><FR>But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.<Fr> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><FR>For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are seeing, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear <i>them</i>.<Fr><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><FR>Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.<Fr> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><FR>When any one hears the word of the Kingdom, and understands it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away what has been sown in his heart: this is he that was sown by the wayside.<Fr> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><FR>And he that was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightway with joy receives it;<Fr> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><FR>yet he has not root in himself, but is <i>only</i> temporary; and, when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, straightway he stumbles.<Fr> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><FR>And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word; and the anxiety of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.<Fr> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><FR>But he that was sown on the good ground, this is he that hears the word and understands <i>it</i>; who, indeed, bears fruit, and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."<Fr><p> <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Weeds<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Another parable He set before them, saying, <FR>"The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field;<Fr> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><FR>and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away.<Fr> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><FR>And, when the blade sprang up, and produced fruit, then appeared the tares also.<Fr> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><FR>And the servants of the house-holder, corning near, said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence, then, has it tares?'<Fr> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><FR>And he said to them, 'An enemy did this.' The servants say to him, 'Do you wish, then, that we, going, should gather them up?'<Fr> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><FR>He says, 'No; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.<Fr> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><FR>Suffer both to grow together until the harvest. And, in the season of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them into bundles, with the view of burning them; but gather the wheat into my barn.'"<Fr><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 He set before them, saying, <FR>"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man, having taken, sowed in his field:<Fr> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><FR>which, indeed, is less than all the seeds; but, when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and roost in its branches."<Fr><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 He spake to them: <FR>"The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman, taking, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."<Fr><p> <A name="35"></a><p class="hdg">I Will Open My Mouth in Parables<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>All these things Jesus spake to the multitudes in parables; and, without a parable, He was wont to speak nothing to them;<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from <i>the</i> foundation of the world."<p> <A name="37"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Weeds Explained<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then, leaving the multitudes, He 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, answering, He said, <FR>"He that sows the good seed is the Son of Man.<Fr> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><FR>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;<Fr> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><FR>and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.<Fr> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><FR>As, therefore, the tares are gathered up, and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the age.<Fr> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><FR>The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of the Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those who do iniquity;<Fr> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><FR>and they will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!<Fr> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><FR>Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He that has ears let him hear.<Fr><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><FR>"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.<Fr><p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><FR>"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;<Fr> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><FR>and, having found one pearl of great price, departing, he has sold all that he had, and bought it.<Fr><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><FR>"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net, cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind;<Fr> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><FR>which, when it was filled having drawn it up again upon the beach, and sitting down, they gathered the good into vessels, but cast away the bad.<Fr> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><FR>So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,<Fr> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><FR>and will cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth.<Fr><p> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><FR>"Did ye understand all these things?"<Fr> They say to Him, "Yes;" <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>and He said to them, <FR>"Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old."<Fr><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 came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, He departed thence. <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>And, coming into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and the mighty works? <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Is not This the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James, and Joseph, 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, hath this Man all these things?" <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>And they were finding in Him occasion to stumble. 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