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href="/matthew/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then he told them many things in parables,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> saying, <span class="redletter">&#8220;Consider the sower who went out to sow. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn&#8217;t have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn&#8217;t deep. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let anyone who has ears<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> listen.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">Why Jesus Used Parables</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the disciples<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> came up and asked him, &#8220;Why are you speaking to them in parables? &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He answered, <span class="redletter">&#8220;Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but it has not been given to them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and hearing they do not listen or understand.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Isaiah&#8217;s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:</span></p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">You will listen and listen,</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">but never understand;</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">you will look and look,</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">but never perceive.</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="otquote">For this people&#8217;s heart has grown callous;</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">their ears are hard of hearing,</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">and they have shut their eyes;</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">otherwise they might see with their eyes,</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">and hear with their ears, and</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">understand with their hearts,</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">and turn back &#8212;</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">and I would heal them.</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p></blockquote><p class="noind"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>&#8220;Blessed are your eyes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but didn&#8217;t see them, to hear the things you hear but didn&#8217;t hear them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">The Parable of the Sower Explained</h3><p class="noind"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>&#8220;So listen to the parable of the sower:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn&#8217;t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the one sown on rocky ground&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> comes because of the word, immediately he falls away. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now the one sown among the thorns&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and the deceitfulness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of wealth<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But the one sown on the good ground&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.&#8221;</span></p><h3 class="head1">The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He presented another parable to them: <span class="redletter">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The landowner&#8217;s servants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> came to him and said, &#8216;Master, didn&#8217;t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from? &#8217;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>&#8220; &#8216;An enemy did this,&#8217; he told them.</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter">&#8220; &#8216;So, do you want us to go and pull them up? &#8217; the servants asked him.</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>&#8220; &#8216;No,&#8217; he said. &#8216;When you pull up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I&#8217;ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.&#8217; &#8221;</span></p><h3 class="head1">The Parables of the Mustard Seed and of the Leaven</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> presented another parable to them: <span class="redletter">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.31.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>It&#8217;s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it&#8217;s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He told them another parable: <span class="redletter">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like leaven<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.33.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.33.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> of flour until all of it was leavened.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">Using Parables Fulfills Prophecy</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:</p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">I will open my mouth in parables;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">I will declare things kept secret</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">from the foundation</span> of the world.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.35.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.35.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Jesus Interprets the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, &#8220;Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>He replied, <span class="redletter">&#8220;The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>the field is the world; and the good seed&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;these are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.38.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.41.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and those guilty of lawlessness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.41.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.41.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>They will throw them into the blazing furnace<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.42.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father&#8217;s kingdom. Let anyone who has ears<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.43.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> listen.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and of the Priceless Pearl</h3><p class="noind"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.44.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>When he found one priceless<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.46.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.46.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">The Parable of the Net</h3><p class="noind"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.47.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.49.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.50" /> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.50.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">The Storehouse of Truth</h3><p class="noind"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.51" /> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>&#8220;Have you understood all these things? &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.51.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture">They answered him, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.52" /> <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>&#8220;Therefore,&#8221;</span> he said to them, <span class="redletter">&#8220;every teacher of the law<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.52.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.52.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">Rejection at Nazareth</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.53" /> <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>When Jesus had finished these parables, he left there. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.54" /> <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>He went to his hometown<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.54.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, &#8220;Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.54.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.55" /> <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Isn&#8217;t this the carpenter&#8217;s son?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.55.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Isn&#8217;t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.55.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> Joseph,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.13.55.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Simon, and Judas?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.55.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.56" /> <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>And his sisters, aren&#8217;t they all with us? So where does he get all these things? &#8221; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.57" /> <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>And they were offended by him.</p><p class="scripture">Jesus said to them,<span class="redletter"> &#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.13.57.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.13.58" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Matthew.13" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.9">13:9</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">to hear</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.22">13:22</a></span> Or <span class="italic">pleasure</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.33.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.33">13:33</a></span> Or <span class="italic">yeast</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.33.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.33">13:33</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">three sata</span> ; about forty liters</aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.35.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.35">13:35</a></span> Some mss omit <span class="italic">of the world</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.41.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.41">13:41</a></span> Or <span class="italic">stumbling</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.41.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.41">13:41</a></span> Or <span class="italic">those who do lawlessness</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.43.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.43">13:43</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">to hear</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.46.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.46">13:46</a></span> Or <span class="italic">very precious</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.51.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.51">13:51</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">Jesus asked them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.52.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.52">13:52</a></span> Or <span class="italic">every scribe</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.13.55.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.55">13:55</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Joses</span> ; Mk 6:3</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Matthew.13" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.1">13:1-15</a></span> Mk 4:1&#8211;12; Lk 8:4&#8211;10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.2">13:2</a></span> Mk 3:9; Lk 5:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.3">13:3</a></span> Mt 13:10,34&#8211;36; 15:15; 21:33,45; 22:1; 24:32; Mk 4:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.8">13:8</a></span> Gn 26:12; Mt 13:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.9">13:9</a></span> Mt 11:15; 13:43; Lk 8:8; 14:35; Rv 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.10">13:10</a></span> Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.10">13:10</a></span> Mt 13:35; 15:15; 21:33,45; 22:1; 24:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.11">13:11</a></span> Mt 11:25; 19:11; Jn 6:65; 1Co 2:10; Col 1:27; 1Jn 2:20,27</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.12">13:12</a></span> Mt 25:29; Lk 8:18; 19:26; Jn 15:2; Jms 4:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.13">13:13</a></span> Dt 29:4; Is 42:19&#8211;20; Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.13">13:13</a></span> Mt 15:10; 16:12; 17:13; Mk 8:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.14">13:14</a></span> Is 6:9; Mk 4:12; Lk 8:10; Jn 12:40; Ac 28:26&#8211;27; Rm 11:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.14">13:14-15</a></span> Is 6:9&#8211;10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.15">13:15</a></span> Is 6:10; Mt 15:8; Heb 5:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.16">13:16-17</a></span> Lk 10:23&#8211;24</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.16">13:16</a></span> Mt 16:17; Jn 20:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.17">13:17</a></span> Jn 8:56; Heb 11:13; 1Pt 1:10&#8211;12</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.18">13:18-23</a></span> Mk 4:13&#8211;20; Lk 8:11&#8211;15</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.19">13:19</a></span> Mt 4:23; 5:37; 6:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.20">13:20</a></span> Is 58:2; Ezk 33:31&#8211;32; Mk 6:20; Jn 5:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.21">13:21</a></span> Mk 4:17; 10:30; Ac 8:1; 13:50; Rm 8:35; 2Co 12:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.22">13:22</a></span> Rm 12:2; 2Tm 4:10; 1Jn 2:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.22">13:22</a></span> Mt 19:23; Mk 10:23; 1Tm 6:9&#8211;10; 2Tm 4:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.24">13:24</a></span> Mt 18:23; 20:1; 25:1; Mk 4:26,30</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.27">13:27</a></span> Mt 10:24; Col 3:11; 4:1; Rv 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.31">13:31-32</a></span> Mk 4:30&#8211;32; Lk 13:18&#8211;19</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.31.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.31">13:31</a></span> Mt 13:24; 17:20; Lk 17:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.32">13:32</a></span> Ps 104:12; Ezk 17:23; 31:6; Dn 4:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.33">13:33</a></span> Gn 18:6; Lk 13:21; Gl 5:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.34">13:34</a></span> Mk 4:34; Jn 10:6; 16:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.35">13:35</a></span> Ps 78:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.35.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.35">13:35</a></span> Ps 78:2; Rm 16:25&#8211;26; 1Co 2:7; Eph 3:9; Col 1:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.36">13:36</a></span> Mt 13:3; 15:15; 21:33,45; 22:1; 24:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.38.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.38">13:38</a></span> Mt 8:12; Jn 8:44; Ac 13:10; 1Jn 3:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.39">13:39</a></span> Jl 3:13; Heb 9:26; Rv 14:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.40">13:40</a></span> Mt 24:3; 28:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.41.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.41">13:41</a></span> Zph 1:3; Mt 8:20; 18:7; 24:31</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.42">13:42</a></span> Rv 1:15; 9:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.42.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.42">13:42</a></span> Mt 8:12; Rv 19:20; 20:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.43">13:43</a></span> Dn 12:3; Mt 11:15; 1Co 15:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.44.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.44">13:44</a></span> Is 55:1; Php 3:7&#8211;8; Rv 3:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.46.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.46">13:46</a></span> Pr 2:4; Mt 7:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.47.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.47">13:47</a></span> Mt 3:2; 13:44; 22:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.49.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.49">13:49</a></span> Mt 13:39&#8211;40; 25:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.50.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.50">13:50</a></span> Mt 8:12; 13:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.52.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.52">13:52</a></span> Mt 12:35; 28:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.54.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.54">13:54-58</a></span> Mk 6:1&#8211;6; Lk 4:16&#8211;30</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.54.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.54">13:54</a></span> Mt 2:23; 4:23; 7:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.55.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.55">13:55</a></span> Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3; Lk 3:23; Jn 6:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.55.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.55">13:55</a></span> Jms 1:1; Jd 1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.13.55.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.13.55">13:55</a></span> Mt 12:46; 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