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<A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He answered, and said to them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says: You shall surely hear, and you will not understand; and you shall surely see, and you will 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 become fat; and with their ears they hear heavily; and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn to me, and I should give them health.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But blessed are 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, Many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear.<CM><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>Hear you, therefore, the parable of the sower. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way side. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He that received seed on the stony places is he that hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately takes offense. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he that received seed on the good ground, is he that hears the word and understands it; who also produces fruit, and yields, one a hundred; another, sixty; another, thirty.<CM><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 laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But when the blade sprung up, and produced 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 came, and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence, then, has it tares? <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Is it your will, then, that we go and gather them up? <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But he said, No; lest while you are gathering the tares, you root up the wheat with them. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Let both grow together till the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Collect first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my granary.<CM><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 laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, that a man took and sowed in his field. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>It is, indeed, the least of all seeds; but when it is grown it is the largest of garden-plants, and be comes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and roost in its branches.<CM><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>He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.<CM><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 spoke to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them;<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.<CM><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 Jesus left the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him and said: 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>He answered and said to them: He that sows 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>the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are the sons of the Wicked One; <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>As, therefore, the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the end of this age. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>The Son of man will send forth his angels, and collect out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who work iniquity, <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall 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 righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.<CM><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 heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which, when a man finds it, he hides; and for the joy it gives, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.<CM><p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls. <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>When he finds one pearl of great value, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys it.<CM><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 heaven is like a net that is cast into the sea, and that gathers of every kind: <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>when it is full, they draw it to the shore; and sitting down, they collect the good into vessels, but throw the bad away. <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 the age: the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just, <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>and cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<CM><p> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Jesus said to them: Have you understood all these things? They said to him: Yes, Lord. <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>He said to them: Therefore, every scribe that is trained for the kingdom of heaven, is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasury things new and old.<CM><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 had finished these parables, he departed from that place. <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said: Whence has this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? <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 brothers, 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, has 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 found in him occasion for offense. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless it be in his own country and in his own house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/13-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>And he did not many mighty works there, on account of their unbelief.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Anderson's New Testament (1865)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>