[Matthew 13]

 

             {Mar 4:1-25 & Mat 13:1-23 & Luk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee.}

             ^13:1 Now in that day, Jesus went away from the house and was sitting beside the sea. ^13:2 And large crowds were gathered to see him, so-then he stepped onto the ship to sit, and all the crowd stood upon the beach.

             ^13:3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went forth to sow; ^13:4 and while^* he himself was sowing, some seed indeed fell beside the road and the birds came and devoured them.

             ^13:5 Now others fell upon the rocky-areas, where it did not have much soil and immediately it rose up because it had no depth of soil; ^13:6 and after the sun rose, it was burnt, and because it has no root, it dried up.

             ^13:7 Now others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns shot-up and choked them.

             ^13:8 But now, others fell upon the good soil and were giving fruit, which some was a hundred times, but which some was sixty, but which some was thirty.

             ^13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

 

             ^13:10 And the disciples came near and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?

             ^13:11 But he answered and said to them, It has been given to you^° to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but it has not been given to those men. ^13:12 For^* whoever has, to him will be given and he will abound, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ^13:13 Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand. ^13:14 And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says, ‘In hearing you^° will hear and should never understand, and seeing you^° will see and should never know; ^13:15 for^* the heart of this people became-callous and they have selectively heard with their ears and they closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes and should hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should turn again and I will be healing them.’ {Isa 6:9-10} ^13:16 But your^° eyes are fortunate, because they are seeing, and your^° ears, because they are hearing. ^13:17 For^* assuredly I am saying to you^°, Many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you^° are seeing and did not see them, and to hear the things you^° are hearing and did not hear them.

 

             ^13:18 Therefore, you^°, hear^° the parable of the sower: ^13:19 everyone hearing the word of the kingdom and not understanding it, then the evil one comes and seizes the seed that has been sown in his heart. This is the seed that has been sown beside the road.

             ^13:20 And he who was sown upon the rocky-areas, this is he who hears the word and immediately is receiving it with joy; ^13:21 but he does not have root in himself, but is temporary, and after affliction or persecution has happened to him because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

             ^13:22 And he who was sown into the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this age and the deception of riches, choke the word and he becomes unfruitful.

             ^13:23 Now he who was sown upon the good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; who bears-fruit and produces some a hundred times, and some sixty, and some thirty!

                          {Mat 13:24-30; no parallel.}

             ^13:24 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field; ^13:25 but while^* the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnels between the stalks of the wheat and went away. ^13:26 But when the blade sprouted and produced fruit, then the darnels also appeared. ^13:27 Now the bondservants of the householder came near and said to him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? Therefore, from where have the darnels come?

             ^13:28 Now he was saying to them, A man, an enemy, did^* this.

             Now the bondservants said to him, Therefore, we will collect them, do you wish that, after we have gone away?

             ^13:29 But he said, No; lest while collecting up the darnels, you^° may uproot the wheat with them at the same-time. ^13:30 Allow^° both to be grown together till the harvest, and I will be saying to the reapers in the time of the harvest, Collect^° first the darnels and bind^° them in bundles in-order-to burn them, but gather^° together the wheat into my barn.

 

             {Mar 4:30-34 & Mat 13:31-35.}

             ^13:31 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; ^13:32 which indeed is least compared to all of the other seeds, but whenever it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so-then the birds of the heaven come and nest in its branches.

 

             ^13:33 He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is similar to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three three-gallon-containers of flour, until which time it was entirely leavened.

 

             ^13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and he was not speaking to them without a parable; ^{13:35 *}that what was said through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘I will open my mouth in parables. I will be uttering things which have been hidden from the conception of the world.’ {Psa 78:2}

 

             {Mat 13:36-53; no parallel.}

             ^13:36 Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnels of the field.

             ^13:37 Now he answered and said to them, He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man; ^13:38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnels are the sons of the evil one; ^13:39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are messengers. ^13:40 Therefore, just-like the darnels are collected and burned in fire; so it will be in the end of this world. ^13:41 The Son of Man will be sending forth his messengers and they will be collecting out-of his kingdom all the offenses and the ones practicing the lawlessness, ^13:42 and will be casting them into the fiery furnace; the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there. ^13:43 Then the righteous will be shining out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

 

             ^13:44 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a treasure which has been hidden in the field; which a man found and hid, and from his joy, he proceeds-away and sells all his things, as many things as he has and buys that field.

 

             ^13:45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man, who is a merchant, seeking beautiful pearls; ^13:46 who found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold^* all his things, as many things as he had, and bought it.

 

             ^13:47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a dragnet, which was cast into the sea and gathered fish from every variety; ^13:48 which, when it was filled, they hauled it up upon the beach. And they sat down, collected the good ones into containers, but they cast the rotten outside. ^13:49 So it will be in the end of the world; the messengers will be going forth and will be separating^* the evil from the midst of the righteous, ^13:50 and will be casting them into the furnace; the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.

 

             ^13:51 Jesus says to them, Have you^° understood all these things?

             They say to him, Yes, Lord.

 

             ^13:52 Now he said to them, Because of this, every scribe who was made a disciple to the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man who is a householder, who casts forth out-of his treasure, new and old things.

 

             ^13:53 And it happened, when Jesus had completed these parables, he took off from there.

 

             {Mar 6:1-6a & Mat 13:54-58 Nazareth.}

             ^13:54 And after he came into his fatherland, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so-then for them to be astounded and to say, From where did this one receive the wisdom and the miracles? ^13:55 Is this not the son of the carpenter? Is his mother not called^* Mary? And his brethren, James and Joses and Simon and Jude? ^13:56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Therefore, from where did this one receive all these things? ^13:57 And they were being offended at him.

             But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland and in his own house. ^13:58 And he did not do^* many miracles there because of their unbelief.