nsb - Matthew:13:1-23

nsb@Matthew:13:1 @ That day Jesus left the house and sat by the seashore.

nsb@Matthew:13:2 @ Large crowds gathered to him. He entered a boat while the crowd stood on the shore.

nsb@Matthew:13:3 @ He told them many illustrations. He said: »A farmer went out to sow.

nsb@Matthew:13:4 @ »Some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds devoured them.

nsb@Matthew:13:5 @ »Others fell on rocky places and did not have much soil.

nsb@Matthew:13:6 @ »When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they had no root they withered and died.

nsb@Matthew:13:7 @ »Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

nsb@Matthew:13:8 @ »Some fell on good ground and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

nsb@Matthew:13:9 @ »He that has ears let him hear.«

nsb@Matthew:13:10 @ The disciples asked him: »Why do you speak in illustrations?«

nsb@Matthew:13:11 @ He responded: »You are allowed to know the divine secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not for others to know.

nsb@Matthew:13:12 @ »He who has shall receive more to the point of abundance. He who does not have, it shall be taken away including that which he has.

nsb@Matthew:13:13 @ »I speak to them in illustrations, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.

nsb@Matthew:13:14 @ »The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled. By hearing, you shall hear, and shall in no way understand. By seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive.

nsb@Matthew:13:15 @ »The heart of this people is callous and dull. Their ears are plugged. They cannot hear. They closed their eyes and cannot see. They cannot see nor hear nor understand with their heart. They should turn around and I would heal them.

nsb@Matthew:13:16 @ »Happy and blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

nsb@Matthew:13:17 @ »Truly, I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and could not see them. They also desired to hear the things that you hear, and could not hear them.

nsb@Matthew:13:18 @ »Listen to the illustration of the sower.

nsb@Matthew:13:19 @ »When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand, the evil one takes away that which was sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

nsb@Matthew:13:20 @ »Anyone sown among the rocky places hears the word and immediately with joy receives it.

nsb@Matthew:13:21 @ »There is no root in him. He endures for a while. When he has tribulation or persecution because of the word, he falls away.

nsb@Matthew:13:22 @ »He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

nsb@Matthew:13:23 @ »He that was sown upon the good ground hears the word, and understands it. He bears fruit, producing sometimes a hundredfold, sometimes sixty, and sometimes thirty.«